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CUPERTINO, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on epigenetic regulation to develop treatments for acute organ injury and chronic liver diseases, today announced the appointment of Timothy M. Papp as its Chief Financial Officer. In this new role, Mr. Papp will direct and oversee all financial and capital markets activities including accounting, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, financial strategy, and investor relations.
"We are excited to welcome Tim to our executive leadership team, as he brings his deep understanding of corporate finance and corporate value drivers to DURECT," stated James E. Brown, D.V.M., President and Chief Executive Officer of DURECT.
Mr. Papp brings over 25 years of corporate finance experience to DURECT, including 15 years in the Biopharma sector. He joins DURECT from RBC Capital Markets, where he was a Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking. Previously, he served as a Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Stifel, and he also served in Investment Banking and Mergers & Acquisitions roles at Cowen, Keybanc Capital Markets, and Rodman & Renshaw. Mr. Papp graduated cum laude from Duke University with a B.S. in Economics and earned an MBA from The Wharton School of Business with a concentration in Finance.
Mr. Papp commented, "I believe that larsucosterol is an underappreciated asset that has the potential to transform the treatment of alcohol-associated hepatitis as well as other indications. I am excited to join the DURECT team at this important juncture of its corporate development."
About DURECT Corporation
DURECT is a biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming the treatment of acute organ injury and chronic liver diseases by advancing novel and potentially lifesaving therapies based on its endogenous epigenetic regulator program. Larsucosterol (also known as DUR-928), DURECT's lead drug candidate, binds to and inhibits the activity of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), epigenetic enzymes which are elevated and associated with hypermethylation found in alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) patients. Larsucosterol is in clinical development for the potential treatment of AH, for which FDA has granted a Fast Track Designation; non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is also being explored. In addition, POSIMIR® (bupivacaine solution) for infiltration use, a non-opioid analgesic utilizing the innovative SABER® platform technology, is FDA-approved and has been exclusively licensed to Innocoll Pharmaceuticals for development and commercialization in the United States. For more information about DURECT, please visit www.durect.com and follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/DURECTCorp.
DURECT Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the clinical development of larsucosterol (DUR-928) for potential treatment of AH, the potential to develop larsucosterol for NASH or other indications, the expected commercial launch of POSIMIR by Innocoll and potential future payments we may receive from Innocoll. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions, expectations and projections disclosed in the forward-looking statements. Various important factors could cause actual results or events to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the risk that the AHFIRM (Alcohol-associated Hepatitis to evaluate saFety and effIcacy of laRsucosterol treatMent) trial takes longer to conduct than anticipated due to COVID-19 or other factors, the risk that ongoing and future clinical trials of larsucosterol do not confirm the results from earlier clinical or pre-clinical trials, or do not demonstrate the safety or efficacy or the life-saving potential of larsucosterol in a statistically significant manner, the risk that Innocoll may not commercialize POSIMIR successfully, if at all, and risks related to our ability to obtain capital to fund operations and expenses, and other risks described in the "Risk Factors" section of DURECT's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 5, 2022, and in other filings filed from time to time with the SEC. DURECT does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. The 10-Q and other public filings are available on our website www.durect.com under the "Investors" tab.
NOTE: POSIMIR® is a trademark of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. in the U.S. and a trademark of DURECT Corporation outside of the U.S. SABER® is a trademark of DURECT Corporation. Other referenced trademarks belong to their respective owners. Larsucosterol (DUR-928) is an investigational drug candidate under development and has not been approved for commercialization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other health authorities for any indication.
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ISELIN, N.J., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hexaware Technologies has emerged as the winner in 17 categories in the recently announced Hermes Creative Awards 2022. It is the winner of 7 Platinum, 5 Gold and 5 Honorable Mentions.
The Platinum Awards are for the Purpose Statement, SEO Growth, Blog- The Cloud Paradigm, Web Content – Digital Mining, Spotlight Magazine Ad in The New Statesman, a Report on Technology Leaders Agenda, and a Product Video – Amaze® for Data and AI.
The Gold Awards are for the Interactive Christmas Card, Logo for Amaze® and Tensai™, Post on the Blog: Humanity & Technology – Our Janus Moment, Display Ad - Amaze ® for Applications and Hexaware's Job Portal.
The winners of the Hermes Creative Awards 2022 were selected from more than 6500 entries across the US, Canada and 26 other countries. The entries were submitted by corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies, and freelancers. These awards honor the exemplary work done in the industry that has a profound, favorable and lasting impact on the aspect of philanthropy.
Hexaware's win in multiple categories is a testament to its commitment to exceeding expectations and establishing new creative standards.
Nidhi Alexander, CMO, Hexaware Technologies, said, "We are extremely elated to be driven by a workforce that demonstrates its innovative genius with every given opportunity while maintaining a sensible side. These awards encourage us to devise more immersive and engaging communication strategies that develop a solid brand recall for all our stakeholders."
About Hexaware
Hexaware is a global IT, BPS and consulting services company empowering businesses worldwide to realize digital transformation at scale and speed. Our three-pronged strategy of Automate Everything®, Cloudify Everything®, and Transform Customer Experiences® endeavors to drive human-machine collaboration for solving complex business problems. We enable future-ready organizations and market leaders to create lasting business value by helping them offer touchless immersive customer experiences through full-cloud enablement, digital product engineering and extreme automation.
We serve customers in Banking, Financial Services, Capital Markets, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail, Education, Telecom, Hi-Tech & Professional Services (Tax, Audit, Accounting and Legal), Travel, Transportation and Logistics. We deliver highly evolved services in Rapid Application prototyping, development and deployment; Build, Migrate and Run Cloud solutions; Automation-based Application support; Enterprise Solutions for digitizing the back-office; Customer Experience Transformation; Business Intelligence & Analytics; Digital Assurance (Testing); Infrastructure Management Services; and Business Process Services.
We believe technology is a magical thing, and our purpose is to create smiles through great people and technology. Headquartered in New Jersey for North America, London for Europe and Singapore for the Asia Pacific, Hexaware services customers in over two dozen languages from every major time and regulatory zone.
Learn more about Hexaware at https://www.hexaware.com. Take an immersive 360° virtual tour of our campuses worldwide at https://www.hexawareimmersive.com.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Purcell & Lefkowitz LLP, a class action law firm dedicated to representing shareholders nationwide, is investigating a potential breach of fiduciary duty claim involving the board of directors of Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBRX).
If you are a shareholder of Moleculin Biotech, Inc. and are interested in obtaining additional information regarding this investigation, free of charge, please visit us at:
http://pjlfirm.com/moleculin-biotech-inc/
You may also contact Robert H. Lefkowitz, Esq. either via email at rl@pjlfirm.com or by telephone at 212-725-1000. One of our attorneys will personally speak with you about the case at no cost or obligation.
Purcell & Lefkowitz LLP is a law firm exclusively committed to representing shareholders nationwide who are victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty and other types of corporate misconduct. For more information about the firm and its attorneys, please visit http://pjlfirm.com. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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Firm elects eight new partners, promotes eleven to special counsel
NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is pleased to announce the election of eight new partners. Victoria Anderson, Amaad Bhatti, Wendy Clarke, Kristin Elliott, Glenn Graham, Joe Green, Steven Humphreys, and James Saylor began their tenure as partners effective July 1, 2022. In addition, eleven lawyers were promoted to special counsel, including Jennifer Barks, Maria Biaggi, Rebecca Blake, Courtney Kleshinski, Joshua Morey, Randall Morrison, David Reap, Katie Rogers, Allison Schenkman, Genna Steinberg, and Jennifer Wong.
"The size and diversity of this year's class of new partners and special counsel is reflective of Kelley Drye's commitment to elevating talent from within our ranks," said Dana Rosenfeld, firm managing partner. "These attorneys embrace innovative approaches to client service, bring unique skills to the table, and have the legal acumen to serve our clients with distinction."
The newly elected Kelley Drye partners serve clients in the following areas of practice:
Victoria Anderson (New York – Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation): Victoria's practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation – namely, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation arrangements under 409A, 457 plans, 403(b) plans, and health and welfare plans. She represents public and private companies on benefits issues related to mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on post-transaction plan integration, golden parachute analysis (280G), and executive compensation issues (e.g., 409A). Victoria also has thorough knowledge of HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules and provides practical advice on HIPAA compliance and breach notification issues. Victoria is a member of the New York Bar.
Amaad Bhatti (New York – Real Estate): Amaad's practice concentrates on commercial real estate transactions throughout the United States, with a focus on real property acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture developments, net lease transactions, leasing, mortgage and mezzanine financing and refinancing. Amaad has experience involving various types of commercial real estate assets, including office, hotel, condominium, multifamily, retail, residential, industrial, mixed-use, and distressed assets. He has represented major financial institutions, developers, REITs, commercial landlords and tenants, and other investors and owners of real estate. Amaad is a member of the New York Bar.
Wendy Clarke (Stamford – Corporate): Wendy's practice focuses on a wide range of corporate transactions, including domestic and international investments, private and public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and venture capital financings. Wendy's experience also includes representing sponsors and borrowers in finance transactions, including asset-based and cash-flow lending, acquisition financings, and secured and unsecured debt structures. In May 2022, Wendy was named by the Governor of the State of Connecticut, Ned Lamont, to the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Co., Inc. In addition, she currently serves on The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and the Securities Advisory Council to the State of CT Department of Banking. Wendy is a member of the Connecticut and New York Bars.
Kristin Elliott (New York – Bankruptcy): Kristin represents creditors in complex chapter 11 cases throughout the country. She regularly represents indenture trustees in billion dollar restructurings and helps creditors' committees and individual trade creditors maximize their interests in bankruptcy matters spanning a wide range of industries including restaurant, retail, shipping, telecommunications and consumer products. Kristin also represents plan administrators and liquidating trustees charged with administering confirmed chapter 11 plans, including through the pursuit of litigation to increase creditor recoveries. Kristin is a member of the New York and New Jersey State Bars.
Glenn Graham (Parsippany – Litigation): Glenn's practice focuses on all aspects of civil litigation. His experience includes consumer class action defense, commercial litigation and contract disputes, and law enforcement investigations involving consumer protection and data privacy. Glenn is a Certified Information Privacy Professional – United States (CIPP/US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Prior to joining Kelley Drye, Glenn served as a deputy attorney general with the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Fraud Prosecution section, where he led the agency's data privacy and cybersecurity efforts. Glenn is a member of the California, New Jersey, and New York Bars.
Joe Green (Washington, D.C. – Environmental): Joe advises on complex environmental regulatory matters for large and small corporate clients and national trade associations. He is particularly skilled in translating complex business and technical issues into effective positions and advocacy, and in counseling on matters involving regulatory development, compliance and enforcement. Experienced with the range of federal environmental laws and state regulatory programs, as well as with European Union and international requirements, Joe has particular knowledge in the area of chemicals, antimicrobial pesticides, and toxic substances regulation. He also provides counsel regarding California Proposition 65 and the safety of consumer products. Joe is a member of the Virginia and Washington, D.C. Bars.
Steven Humphreys (Parsippany – Environmental): Steven's practice focuses on environmental law and related counseling of businesses seeking to protect a wide variety of interests that intersect with environmental law, regulation and policy. He advises on regulatory compliance and management of environmental risk in matters arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and various other federal, state, and local environmental laws. He represents both private and public entities in litigation matters arising under U.S. and foreign environmental laws. Steven offers particular skill in developing strategies for the identification, management and allocation of environmental risk in business transactions. Steven is a member of the New Jersey Bar.
James Saylor (New York – Litigation): James' practice focuses on the defense of consumer class actions under various state and federal laws regulating deceptive trade practices and telemarketing. He also focuses on counseling major corporations facing issues in advertising and represented such corporations before private regulatory bodies. James has managed complex litigations and arbitration for a diverse breadth of firm clients, including national brick and mortar and online retailers, internationally-recognized brands, tech startups, entertainment companies, and international contractors, among many others. James has provided solutions that have led to favorable outcomes for firm clients at all stages of the adversarial process from informal dispute resolution and early motion practice to discovery, class decertification, summary judgment, trial, and appeal. James is a member of the New York Bar.
Founded in 1836, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is home to skilled practitioners in the areas of litigation, regulatory, real estate, corporate and bankruptcy A powerhouse firm with the heart of a boutique, the firm's attorneys provide legal counsel carefully connected to their client's business strategies. Among the firm's recent awards: Named to the BTI "Client Service A-Team"; recognized by CLOC for "Legal Innovation and Design Excellence in Legal Operations"; Chambers USA identified seven practice areas as "Leaders in Their Field"; Law360 named the Consumer Protection Group and International Trade practices as Groups of the Year; and Kelley Drye was named one of "America's Best Law Firms" by U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms, with a "Tier 1" national ranking in Communications, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Information Technology, and Real Estate.
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Introducing the best sandwiches in Subway history: The Subway Series is now available nationwide, an all-new menu that builds on last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh
MILFORD, Conn., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subway® restaurants today unveiled the Subway Series, a lineup of 12 all-new signature sandwiches ordered by name or number. These new mouthwatering sandwiches are the perfect combination of meat, cheese, vegetables, sauce and freshly baked bread, allowing guests to explore new options beyond their beloved build-your-own customization. To celebrate the most significant menu update in its nearly 60-year history, Subway is inviting America to experience these perfect signature subs on July 12, as it gives away up to one million free Subway Series sandwiches.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9060051-subway-new-signature-sandwiches-subway-series/
The all-new Subway Series continues the transformation journey Subway began last summer with the Eat Fresh® Refresh which introduced more than 20 new and refreshed ingredients to its menu. Since then, Subway's team of culinary experts spent more than a year applying six decades of sandwich skill and testing hundreds of recipes to create the 12 sandwiches that earned a coveted spot on The Subway Series menu. Each recipe is crafted to deliver maximum crave and highlight the brand's refreshed ingredients in new and unexpected ways. Subway has also introduced a new menu and ordering system that makes it easier for guests to order. Instead of picking your ingredients and toppings throughout the ordering process, guests simply say a sandwich number or name and six-inch or footlong.
While guests are still able to order their go-to customized classic, Subway is encouraging fans across America to try the best sandwich they've never created. On July 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. local time, up to one million free 6-inch Subway Series subs will be offered across the nation. Guests have the opportunity to visit a participating Subway location during this timeframe and pick one free sandwich from the 12 new Subway Series sandwiches.
"The Subway Series is the most ambitious undertaking in company history, as we are changing the nearly 60-year-old blueprint that helped make Subway a global phenomenon," said Trevor Haynes, President, North America at Subway. "Last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh laid the foundation to build a better Subway, and now the Subway Series enhances the entire Subway guest experience – proof that we continue to improve and get way better. Whether you leave the sandwich-making to us or are craving your custom creation, there are more reasons than ever to make Subway your dining destination."
Each of the Subway Series sandwich recipes brings out the best of Subway, using the best bread, protein and add-ons in the brand's history. Complementary flavors and an expertly crafted balance of proteins, cheese, sauces and fresh vegetables are designed to maximize taste and crave. The Subway Series menu is divided into four categories with three sandwiches each:
- Cheesesteaks: #1 The Philly, #2 The Outlaw™, #3 The Monster™
- Italianos: #4 Supreme Meats, #5 Bella Mozza, #6 The Boss
- Chicken: #7 The MexiCali, #8 The Great Garlic™, #9 The Champ™
- Clubs: #10 All-American Club®, #11 Subway Club®, #12 Turkey Cali Club™
For more information, please visit newsroom.subway.com
About Subway® Restaurants
As one of the world's largest quick service restaurant brands, Subway serves freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across more than 100 countries in more than 37,000 restaurants every day. Subway restaurants are owned and operated by Subway® franchisees – a network that includes more than 20,000 dedicated entrepreneurs and small business owners – who are committed to delivering the best guest experience possible in their local communities.
Subway® is a Registered Trademark of Subway IP LLC. © 2022 Subway IP LLC
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WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Microbiome Therapeutics Innovation Group (MTIG), an independent 501(c)(6) coalition of companies leading the research and development of FDA-approved microbiome therapeutics and microbiome-based products to address unmet medical needs, improve clinical outcomes, and reduce health care costs, today announced the appointment of a new Chairman, Nikole Kimes, Ph.D, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Siolta Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Kimes replaces Ken Blount, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Rebiotix, Inc. and Vice President of Microbiome Research at Ferring Pharmaceuticals, who has served as MTIG Chair since 2019. Dr. Blount will continue to serve on the MTIG Board of Directors.
"It is an honor to be trusted to lead this growing coalition," said Dr. Kimes. "I thank Ken for his leadership and look forward to continue advocating for the advancement of microbiome-based therapeutics during this exciting time in the industry."
All pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies pursuing regulatory approvals for microbiome therapeutics and microbiome-based products are eligible for consideration of membership in MTIG. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a member of MTIG, please contact us here.
The Microbiome Therapeutics Innovation Group (MTIG) is a coalition of companies leading the research and development of FDA-approved microbiome therapeutics and microbiome-based products to address unmet medical needs, improve clinical outcomes, and reduce health care costs. The human microbiome is one of the new frontiers of medical innovation that has the potential to benefit patients suffering from numerous diseases afflicting millions of patients and consuming billions of dollars of healthcare resources. MTIG is committed to working with stakeholders who share in our mission and seek tangible policy and regulatory solutions in the emerging microbiome arena. Through a collective voice, the MTIG membership works together to enhance the regulatory, investment, and commercial environment to accelerate microbiome therapeutic product development and enable the field to reach its potential to benefit patients.
Today, MTIG is comprised of eleven microbiome therapeutics companies: Alveolus Bio, Arc Bio, Bio-Me, Genetic Analysis, Microba Life Sciences, Rebiotix, Inc., a Ferring Company, Servatus Biopharmaceuticals, Seres Therapeutics, Siolta Therapeutics, Takeda, and Vedanta Biosciences. For more information, visit www.microbiometig.org.
The Conafay Group (TCG), led by Stephen R. Conafay, Principal, is a life-sciences government relations firm based in Washington D.C. that serves as Washington counsel and coalition manager for MTIG. TCG specializes in representing life sciences companies, universities, and other organizations in the biomedical sector before the federal government and associated stakeholders. For more information, visit: www.conafaygroup.com
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Introducing the best sandwiches in Subway history: The Subway Series is now available nationwide, an all-new menu that builds on last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh
MILFORD, Conn., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subway® restaurants today unveiled the Subway Series, a lineup of 12 all-new signature sandwiches ordered by name or number. These new mouthwatering sandwiches are the perfect combination of meat, cheese, vegetables, sauce and freshly baked bread, allowing guests to explore new options beyond their beloved build-your-own customization. To celebrate the most significant menu update in its nearly 60-year history, Subway is inviting America to experience these perfect signature subs on July 12, as it gives away up to one million free Subway Series sandwiches.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9060051-subway-new-signature-sandwiches-subway-series/
The all-new Subway Series continues the transformation journey Subway began last summer with the Eat Fresh® Refresh which introduced more than 20 new and refreshed ingredients to its menu. Since then, Subway's team of culinary experts spent more than a year applying six decades of sandwich skill and testing hundreds of recipes to create the 12 sandwiches that earned a coveted spot on The Subway Series menu. Each recipe is crafted to deliver maximum crave and highlight the brand's refreshed ingredients in new and unexpected ways. Subway has also introduced a new menu and ordering system that makes it easier for guests to order. Instead of picking your ingredients and toppings throughout the ordering process, guests simply say a sandwich number or name and six-inch or footlong.
While guests are still able to order their go-to customized classic, Subway is encouraging fans across America to try the best sandwich they've never created. On July 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. local time, up to one million free 6-inch Subway Series subs will be offered across the nation. Guests have the opportunity to visit a participating Subway location during this timeframe and pick one free sandwich from the 12 new Subway Series sandwiches.
"The Subway Series is the most ambitious undertaking in company history, as we are changing the nearly 60-year-old blueprint that helped make Subway a global phenomenon," said Trevor Haynes, President, North America at Subway. "Last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh laid the foundation to build a better Subway, and now the Subway Series enhances the entire Subway guest experience – proof that we continue to improve and get way better. Whether you leave the sandwich-making to us or are craving your custom creation, there are more reasons than ever to make Subway your dining destination."
Each of the Subway Series sandwich recipes brings out the best of Subway, using the best bread, protein and add-ons in the brand's history. Complementary flavors and an expertly crafted balance of proteins, cheese, sauces and fresh vegetables are designed to maximize taste and crave. The Subway Series menu is divided into four categories with three sandwiches each:
- Cheesesteaks: #1 The Philly, #2 The Outlaw™, #3 The Monster™
- Italianos: #4 Supreme Meats, #5 Bella Mozza, #6 The Boss
- Chicken: #7 The MexiCali, #8 The Great Garlic™, #9 The Champ™
- Clubs: #10 All-American Club®, #11 Subway Club®, #12 Turkey Cali Club™
For more information, please visit newsroom.subway.com
About Subway® Restaurants
As one of the world's largest quick service restaurant brands, Subway serves freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across more than 100 countries in more than 37,000 restaurants every day. Subway restaurants are owned and operated by Subway® franchisees – a network that includes more than 20,000 dedicated entrepreneurs and small business owners – who are committed to delivering the best guest experience possible in their local communities.
Subway® is a Registered Trademark of Subway IP LLC. © 2022 Subway IP LLC
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- Highest-ever June ADV, with Q2 volume up 25% year-over-year
- Q2 Equity Index ADV grew 57%, including record Micro E-Mini S&P 500 futures volume
- Record SOFR futures and options ADV, OI
CHICAGO, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its Q2 and June 2022 market statistics, showing average daily volume (ADV) increased 25% to 23.1 million contracts during the second quarter, the company's third-highest quarterly volume ever. June ADV increased 30% to 24 million contracts, representing the company's highest June volume on record. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.
Q2 2022 highlights across asset classes compared to Q2 2021 include:
- Equity Index ADV increased 57%
- Interest Rate ADV increased 24%
- Foreign Exchange ADV increased 24%
- Options ADV increased 23%
- Cryptocurrency ADV increased 89%
- ADV outside the United States increased 21% to 6.3 million contracts in Q2, including 40% growth in Latin America, 36% in Asia and 15% in EMEA
June 2022 ADV across asset classes includes:
- Interest Rate ADV of 10.6 million contracts
- Equity Index ADV of 8.2 million contracts
- Options ADV of 4.2 million contracts
- Energy ADV of 2 million contracts
- Agricultural ADV of 1.5 million contracts
- Foreign Exchange ADV of 1.2 million contracts
- Metals ADV of 483,000 contracts
Additional June 2022 product highlights compared to June 2021 include:
- Equity Index ADV increased 80%
- Options ADV increased 28%
- Foreign Exchange ADV increased 25%
- Interest Rate ADV increased 24%
- Cryptocurrency ADV increased 74%
- ADV outside the United States increased 28% to 6.9 million, including 43% in Asia, 35% growth in Latin America, and 24% in EMEA
- Micro E-mini futures and options represented 40% of overall Equity Index ADV, Micro WTI Crude Oil futures accounted for 6% of overall Energy ADV, Micro Bitcoin futures accounted for 0.2% and Micro Ether futures accounted for 0.2% of overall Equity Index ADV, respectively
- BrokerTec European Repo average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 23% to €358B, U.S. Repo ADNV increased 17% to $262B, and U.S. Treasury ADNV increased 16% to $128B
- EBS Spot FX ADNV increased 7% to $65.4B
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and, E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec and EBS are trademarks of BrokerTec Europe LTD and EBS Group LTD, respectively. Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and S&P are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and S&P/Dow Jones Indices LLC, as the case may be, and have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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TORONTO, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Auxly Cannabis Group Inc. (TSX: XLY) ("Auxly" or the "Company"), a leading consumer packaged goods company in the cannabis products market, announced today that the Company has closed the sale of its Auxly Annapolis Inc. indoor cultivation facility located in Kentville, Nova Scotia to a private purchaser for total proceeds to the Company of $6 million. As previously announced by the Company, Auxly ceased operations at the cultivation facility in February 2022. The Company intends to apply the proceeds from the sale to support Auxly's ongoing operations.
"We are pleased with the sale of our Annapolis indoor facility," said Hugo Alves, CEO. "Being able to monetize this non-core asset to strengthen our cash position in a non-dilutive way is fantastic for the company and provides us with additional capital to support Auxly's strategic objectives."
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Auxly is a leading Canadian consumer packaged goods company in the cannabis products market, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The Company's focus is on developing, manufacturing and distributing branded cannabis products that delight wellness and recreational consumers and deliver on its consumer promise of quality, safety and efficacy.
Learn more at www.auxly.com and stay up to date at Twitter: @AuxlyGroup; Instagram: @auxlygroup; Facebook: @auxlygroup; LinkedIn: company/auxlygroup/.
This news release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities law. Forward-looking information is frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or information that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. This information is only a prediction. Various assumptions were used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained in the forward-looking information throughout this news release. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to: the proposed use of any proceeds of the sale; the Company's execution of its product development, commercialization strategy and expansion plans; the relevance of the Company's current and proposed products; the expectation and timing of future revenues; consumer preferences; political change, future legislative and regulatory developments involving cannabis and cannabis products; and competition and other risks affecting the Company in particular and the cannabis industry generally.
A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from a conclusion, forecast or projection contained in the forward-looking information in this release including, but not limited to, whether: the Company's subsidiaries are able to maintain the necessary regulatory authorizations to conduct business; there is acceptance and demand for current and future Company products by consumers and provincial purchasers; and general economic, financial market, regulatory and political conditions in which the Company operates will remain the same. Additional risk factors are disclosed in the annual information form of the Company for the financial year ended December 31, 2021 dated March 30, 2022.
The forward-looking information in this release is based on information currently available and what management believes are reasonable assumptions. Forward-looking information speaks only to such assumptions as of the date of this release. In addition, this release may contain forward-looking information attributed to third party industry sources, the accuracy of which has not been verified by Auxly. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information contained in this release. The forward-looking information contained in this release is expressly qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements and is made as of the date of this release. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise.
Neither Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Leading Global Education Technology Products Recognized for Transforming Education in Schools Around the World
BOSTON, Mass., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texthelp, an international leader in literacy and digital learning tools for education, today announced that it was honored to receive two "Best of Show" awards from Tech & Learning, a leading publication in the education technology market, at the ISTELive 22 Conference held last week. The awards recognized the excellence of Texthelp's two edtech tools, OrbitNote, a web app that makes PDFs more accessible from right inside the document, and Equatio, a digital tool that makes math and STEM classes more accessible and engaging for every student.
The "Best of Show" awards, presented by Tech & Learning, celebrate the products – and businesses behind each one – that are transforming education in schools around the world. Each year, Tech & Learning recognizes exhibitors at ISTELive who show the greatest promise to the industry, according to the U.S.'s most tech-savvy and knowledgeable educators.
"We are honored to receive this recognition from Tech & Learning for our efforts in creating solutions for transforming education," said Martin McKay, Founder and CEO of Texthelp. "We've always understood that digital learning tools play a vital role in our constantly evolving education system. We dedicate significant time and resources to ensure we produce useful, innovative edtech tools that can be used by students and educators around the world. I'm grateful every day for the teams involved in designing, developing, and promoting these products."
At the Conference, Texthelp announced the upcoming release of its new industry report titled, "Inclusion: The Key to the Future of Education," as a call to action for the U.S. education landscape. McKay authored the paper and shares his viewpoint on the importance of creating and maintaining an inclusive classroom for all learners. The POV paper will be available on the Texthelp website in the coming weeks.
For more information about the award and the full list of 2022 winners, visit the Tech & Learning website.
About Texthelp®
Founded in 1996, the Texthelp Group is a global technology company helping people all over the world to understand and to be understood. It has led the way in creating innovative technology for the education and workplace sectors for the last three decades.
Texthelp believes in a world where difference, disability or language are no longer barriers. It is focused on helping all people learn, understand, and communicate through the use of digital education and accessibility tools.
With over 50 million users worldwide, the Texthelp suite of products includes Read&Write, EquatiO®, WriQ®, OrbitNote®, ReachDeck® and FluencyTutor® which work alongside existing platforms such as Microsoft Office and G-suite, enabling them to be integrated quickly into any classroom or workplace with ease.
In 2021, Texthelp acquired the Lingit Group, Wizkids and Don Johnston Inc. By combining capabilities and knowledge across the group, Texthelp can now provide a whole suite of literacy and numeracy support to a greater number of end-users across more geographies. To learn more about Texthelp, visit www.texthelp.com.
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The 10 most expensive British transfers of all time
Any side competing on a Premier League stage is richly rewarded for said standing, with money in the bank allowing elaborate spending to take place on big-money transfers.
English top-flight outfits have invested heavily down the years, as billionaire owners and lucrative broadcasting deals become commonplace, with the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United often leading the way.
Who, though, have formed part of the most expensive deals in British football history? GOAL takes a look…
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The 10 most expensive British transfers of all time
When a Premier League era was ushered in during the summer of 1992, Alan Shearer had just become the most expensive player in Britain when completing a £3.75 million ($5m) move from Southampton to Blackburn.
That record-breaking bar was raised on a regular basis in the years that followed, from Roy Keane to Chris Sutton and Andy Cole, before Shearer made history again when returning to his roots at Newcastle for £15m ($18m) in 1996.
Manchester United would go on to spend big when landing Ruud van Nistelrooy, Juan Sebastian Veron and Rio Ferdinand, while Andriy Shevchenko and Robinho were the first to break through the £30m ($36m) barrier when joining Chelsea and Manchester City respectively.
Fees rose at a remarkable rate from there, with Fernando Torres joining Chelsea for £50m ($60m) in January 2011, but none of those deals figure in a current top 10 that is filled by transfers from a six-year window stretching back to 2016.
Paul Pogba rejoined Manchester United that summer from Juventus for £89m ($107m), but that agreement has since been passed by Romelu Lukaku as he retraced steps to Chelsea and Jack Grealish’s stunning £100m ($120m) switch to Manchester City – while the most expensive defender (Harry Maguire) and goalkeeper (Kepa Arrizabalaga) in world football also ply their trade in the Premier League.
The 10 most expensive English players of all time
Beyond Grealish, Maguire and Jadon Sancho that sit on the all-time British transfer list, there are a number of other English stars that have been involved in some eye-watering deals in recent times.
Kalvin Phillips has become the latest addition to that list after making a £45m ($54m) switch from Leeds to Manchester City.
The reigning Premier League champions fill four of the berths inside a notable top 10, with considerable faith and funds invested in Raheem Sterling, John Stones and Kyle Walker.
Arsenal and Chelsea have splashed out on international defenders, while Aaron Wan-Bissaka at Manchester United is the only man without a Three Lions cap to his name to figure on the chart – and he could switch allegiance to Congo amid fierce competition for right-back berths in Gareth Southgate’s plans.
The most expensive Scottish players of all time
Another big-money defender at Arsenal saw them bring Kieran Tierney onto their books from Celtic in 2019.
He is followed on a list of expensive countrymen by forwards in Oli McBurnie, who cost Sheffield United a fee of up to £20m ($24m) during their time in the Premier League, and Southampton striker Che Adams.
The most expensive Welsh players of all time
Gareth Bale was once the most expensive player on the planet, never mind from Wales, with an £85m ($102m) outlay required from Real Madrid in order to prise a mercurial talent away from Tottenham in 2013.
A five-time winner of the Champions League remains £60m ($72m) clear of Dan James on a costliest Welshman list, with a jet-heeled winger boasting two entries from his recent moves to Manchester United and Leeds.
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(The Hill) – Darren Bailey, an Illinois state senator and the Republican nominee for governor, apologized Monday after saying that people should “move on” from the deadly Highland Park shooting earlier in the day.
Bailey spoke after a July Fourth parade in the town of Skokie was canceled in the wake of the shooting, which left at least six dead and injured at least 24 others.
“Let’s pray for justice to prevail, and then let’s move on and let’s celebrate the independence of this nation,” he said.
Bailey said in a statement released after his comments that he apologizes if he “diminished the pain” being felt across Illinois.
“I am heartbroken by today’s tragic events and the pain and loss felt by so many,” he said. “My intent was to pray for the victims and those affected by today’s tragedy and for the shooter to be caught and prosecuted without further loss.”
Bailey said he hopes people can come together in prayer and to take action to address “rampant” crime and mental health issues to ensure tragedies like the shooting do not happen again.
He posted a tweet on Monday afternoon saying he sends his “heartfelt prayers” to the victims of the shooting.
“July 4th is supposed to be a holiday for families, for parades, for celebrating the American Dream, but when people dont feel safe in their own community, they are deprived of that dream,” he said.
During his earlier comments, Bailey led a prayer for the families of those affected and law enforcement. He said canceling the parade was the right choice because safety needs to come first.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XML Financial Group (XML), an independent wealth and investment management firm with offices in Maryland, Virginia and Colorado, today announced it has completed its merger with Samson Wealth Management Group, a wealth management practice in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
The deal, which took effect on July 1, will help broaden technology and operational support systems for both firms, as well as boost client resources. It also helps XML expand its office footprint into Pennsylvania.
Mark Samson, who founded Samson Wealth Management Group in 2012, will join XML's leadership team. Both firms are part of the Focus Financial Partners family of wealth advisors.
"We're always focused on offering new resources to our clients to help them achieve their personal and financial goals," said Brett Bernstein, CEO and Co-Founder of XML. "This merger will boost our operations and advisor team so we can continue providing our valued clients across the Mid-Atlantic region with the kind of high-touch services they deserve."
XML recently launched its first-ever client wealth management app. The new native channel allows clients and prospective clients to interact with their advisors and portfolios from anywhere they have an internet connection.
Together with its affiliated broker-dealer, XML Securities, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC, XML has approximately $3 billion in client assets. The Samson team adds approximately $644 million in client assets to XML.
"We are thrilled to join forces with XML and provide our clients with expanded wealth and investment management services to help them navigate complex financial situations and achieve their dreams," said Samson, a perennial name on the Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors list in Pennsylvania over the past five years. "Our team is excited to get started and forge new opportunities for our clients as part of the XML family."
XML Financial Group ("XML") is an independent wealth and investment management firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. XML offers a suite of wealth and investment management services to high-net-worth individuals, businesses and families located across the country. For more information about XML, please visit www.xmlfg.com.
Samson Wealth Management Group ("SWMG") is an independent wealth and investment management firm in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. SWMG offers financial planning services to high-net-worth individuals, businesses and families located in the Philadelphia metro area and across the country. For more information about SWMG, please visit www.samsonwmg.com.
The Forbes ranking of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, gained through telephone, virtual and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data. Those advisors that are considered have a minimum of seven years' experience, and the algorithm weights factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience and those that encompass best practices in their approach to working with clients. Portfolio performance is not a criterion due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings.
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Prisoner tunnels through drywall before rappeling down medical facility to escape
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) – Authorities in Ohio are searching for one of two inmates who escaped from a medical center Sunday night using bedsheets to climb out a third-story window.
Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said James Johnson, 44, and Patrick Thomas, 32, escaped custody Sunday, WXIX reported.
Johnson was taken back into custody around 12 p.m. Monday, but Thomas remains on the run, the sheriff explained.
According to the sheriff’s office, the escape started in “Shawshank Redemption” style as Thomas tunneled his way through the drywall of the facility.
Using a locker and a bed, he managed to conceal the hole in the wall, McGuffey said.
Thomas then got into a counselor’s room on the third floor.
From there, the sheriff showed video which she says shows Thomas using a chair to break the window he rappeled out of using bedsheets.
Video from outside the medical facility showed Thomas falling onto the Reading Road sidewalk as he climbed down.
He then ran down the street, but likely injured himself when he fell, Sheriff McGuffey added.
Thomas was being held at Talbert House on a warrant from Kenton County, Kentucky. Based on his prior history, the sheriff’s office says Thomas is considered dangerous.
Thomas is described as 5′6″ and 160 lbs. with the letter “P” tattooed on his forehead.
Thomas and Johnson are the most recent prisoners to escape from the custody of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. According to WXIX, four people have managed to escape custody in the last three weeks.
“We’ve had a lot of officers retiring that are tenured. That makes for a different level of surveillance,” McGuffey explained. “We’re training those officers and getting them retrained. I do support the officers. I don’t think anybody violated policy and procedure here. I do think it is a matter of tenure and maturity as an officer in uniform.”
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CF Bankshares Inc. (NASDAQ: CFBK) (the "Company"), the parent of CFBank, NA, today announced that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.05 per share, which represents a 25% increase over its previous quarterly dividend. The dividend is payable on July 26, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 15, 2022.
Timothy T. O'Dell, President and CEO, commented, "This dividend increase of 25%, coming at the nine-month mark since our previous dividend increase, reflects our continued confidence in the strength of our business, along with our Board's commitment to generating attractive total returns for our shareholders."
CF Bankshares Inc. (the Company) is a holding company that owns 100% of the stock of CFBank, National Association (CFBank). CFBank is a nationally chartered boutique Commercial bank operating primarily in Four (4) Major Metro Markets: Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The current Leadership Team and Board recapitalized the Company and CFBank in 2012 during the financial crisis, repositioning CFBank as a full-service Commercial Bank model. Since the 2012 recapitalization, CFBank has achieved a CAGR of nearly 25%.
CFBank focuses on serving the financial needs of closely held businesses and entrepreneurs, by providing comprehensive Commercial, Retail, and Mortgage Lending services presence. In all regional markets, CFBank provides commercial loans and equipment leases, commercial and residential real estate loans and treasury management depository services, residential mortgage lending, and full-service commercial and retail banking services and products. CFBank is differentiated by our penchant for individualized service coupled with direct customer access to decision-makers, and ease of doing business. CFBank matches the sophistication of much larger banks, without the bureaucracy.
CFBank ranked #7 on American Banker's listing of Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks based on 3-year average return on equity as of December 31, 2021 and has been recognized as a Small Cap All-Star performer by Piper Sandler in 2021, 2020, and 2019. CFBank is the only Ohio-based bank and one of only four banks in the country that have achieved this award for the past three consecutive years (2019, 2020 and 2021). In addition, CFBank was ranked #4 in Performance and #2 in Growth Strategy by Bank Director magazine based on 2020 performance and growth.
Additional information about the Company and CFBank is available at www.CF.Bank
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ZuoRAT is a sophisticated multi-tier, router fleet attack targeting home-office routers on an unprecedented scale, and is the most significant widespread attack since Mirai in 2016. Help is on the way with protection for routers and all devices connected to them by SAM
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the announcement issued by Lumen Technologies' Black Lotus Labs on 6/29/2022, SAM Seamless Network, the global leader of security and intelligence services for unmanaged networks and IoTs, today reveals the extent of the attack and how to protect against it.
Yesterday Lumen research labs published a report outlining a widespread cyber-attack for home and SOHO networks. These attacks were generated by a well-organized group, possibly a state-sponsored organization, which investigated and exploited several vulnerabilities found in routers. It affects the hardware of well-known vendors such as Asus, Cisco, DrayTek and NETGEAR. The list is not exhaustive and other routers may still be compromised. The evidence gathered so far indicated that this group has been planning this attack scenario for months.
ZuoRAT is a multi-tier attack infiltrating home and home-office consumer-grade routers. Once in the network , it exploits vulnerabilities on all connected computers and devices, making it possible for the attackers to commit a very sophisticated attack using two of the most dangerous methods: Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) and Trojan Horse.
With MITM attacks, routers and IoTs in unmanaged networks could be leveraged by perpetrators to position themselves in a conversation between a user and an application. This can allow access to a user's credentials, bank accounts, social media accounts, an employer's VPN, browsing history, personal preferences and essentially any online activity that is transmitted via the router.
Essentially, once attackers have gained access to the router they have visibility to everything on the network. The second stage will then be to infiltrate an organization using the injection of a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) onto a PC, providing the attackers complete freedom to act as they wish and gather all information on the network, including traffic and all existing vulnerabilities – this is all typically the first step in a widespread attack.
Everyone using the compromised home network is at risk. This attack is aimed at consumers and SOHO businesses, but there could also be implications for well-established enterprises as employees working from home (WFH) undermine the security posture of the organization by connecting to corporate networks from infected home environments.
Once the attackers enter the router, they constantly scan the network and connected devices, including corporate laptops, waiting for a time when employees try to access the office network from home to learn which updates are currently installed on the employer's network and then exploit unpatched vulnerabilities, compromising the entire corporate network.
Internet service providers (ISPs) often adopt DNS solutions at the core network, and although these types of solutions might provide some level of protection against phishing attacks, they leave users exposed to many other types of attacks that require much more dynamic protection at the LAN level. This "local" protection is necessary in order to match the capabilities of sophisticated adversaries and prevent them from spreading malware and related in the network.
The SAM agent is installed directly on the router gateway and then provides deep visibility into the network, which enables the ISP and customer to monitor and track any suspicious activity across all connected devices. The agent uses a unique deception mechanism for router protection that allows it to trick perpetrators. In addition, one of SAM's unique capabilities is its ability to respond quickly to new vulnerabilities and patch those within hours of discovery. This capability prevents attacks from spreading to more networks.
In the case of ZuoRAT, the good news is that users who have SAM agent installed on their routers are protected. SAM has several mechanisms that block some of the initial activities that were performed by these actors. The even better news is that SAM is platform-agnostic, which means it can be integrated with any router, new or old, to deliver a unified protection layer for the ISP's entire router fleet.
"We have not seen something of this magnitude since Mirai. In the past few months we've seen a huge increase in the number of attacks targeting routers, this is exactly the reason ISPs should recognize the importance of protecting the routers as part of their critical infrastructure. For this reason, we see regulators around the world taking a more active role in protecting networks operating in their countries," said Sivan Rauscher, CEO of SAM Seamless Networks. "The only way to stop such sophisticated attacks is to have deep network visibility at the CPE-level, without it no one can predict what is going to happen next."
About SAM
The leading provider of cloud-native security and intelligence services for unmanaged networks and connected devices, protecting upwards of 470 million devices globally. With its intuitive AI technology, SAM addresses the challenges of our hyperconnected world, in which an explosion of IoT devices exposes potential attack surfaces for companies and consumers alike. SAM's device-agnostic software provides deep network visibility to protect against sophisticated cyber-attacks in real-time and prevent the spread of zero-day attacks. By using its unique cloud-based device and threat intelligence, SAM studies and identifies the behavior of every device to create customized protection for all home and SMB users, forming a bulletproof network.
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BEIJING, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wissen Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (Wissen Technology), a leading service robot innovator, raised close to US$10 million in a Pre-A+ Series financing led by BlueRun Ventures China ("BRV China"). The funding will go towards reinforcing Wissen Technology's technological edge in the development of collaborative robots ('cobots') and boosting its efforts across talent acquisition and commercialization of applications. Wissen Technology is the only cobot provider with a full-stack technology offering all-in-one smart robot solutions utilizing light, flexible robotic arms.
Founded in 2019, Wissen Technology has dedicated itself to redefine the industry of cobots by reaching new standards in flexibility, agility, elasticity and safety. The KT200 Dual-arm Field Operation Robot, equipped with a variety of end-execution tools, was awarded Contemporary Good Design Award 2021 by Red Dot Design Awards, one of the world's largest design competitions, and is now fully functional across social and public services.
Cobots have grown rapidly in recent years. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, China is a core driving force within the world's robotics industry having created more than RMB100 billion in total revenue over the past year. Further, industrial cobots have been put into use in nearly 200 industries and sectors in China and have proved their competence across education, healthcare and agriculture.
Despite rising demand, cobots face considerable barriers. It requires technological breakthroughs in every stage whether in hardware components such as the base, rotary joints and end-of-arm tools or in terms of software programming such as navigation, visual image analysis and movement control. Only when all elements are perfectly in place can cobots function properly.
"The investment is meant to lift robotics innovation to a new level," said Wei CAO, Partner of BRV China. "Currently, labor shortage due to an ageing population has led to skyrocketing demand for interactive operation robots in order to carry out unmanned operations across industries."
"There is a need for comprehensive solutions in the form of collaborative robotic arms that are safe, agile and cost-effective. As such products get widely applied across public services, the utility sector, health and sanitation industries, intelligent parks and other areas. We look forward to Wissen's efforts to drive the technology industry forward," added Mr. Cao.
The founding team of Wissen Technology said: "We are determined to deliver a brand-new user experience and expand the utility of elastic robots. With the funding round, Wissen is keen to move towards the mass production of well-rounded collaborative service robots that can safeguard frontline workers and boost operational efficiency."
About BRV China
BlueRun Ventures China (BRV China) is a leading early-stage venture firm in China with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. Having its heritage in Silicon Valley since 1998 and entered China in 2005, BRV China has managed over $2 billion through multiple USD and RMB funds, with over $1 billion cash distributions. BRV China focuses on investing in entrepreneurs who create a sustainable impact through technological innovations across enterprise services, transportation and smart machine, digital healthcare, and consumer technology sectors in China. The firm has invested in more than 150 portfolio companies, including Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), QingCloud (688316.SH), WaterDrop (NYSE: WDH), Energy Monster (NASDAQ: EM), Mogujie/Meilishuo (NYSE: MOGU), Qudian (NYSE: QD), Ganji/58.com, PPTV, Guazi, Meishubao, Nanyan, Shanzhen, Gaussian Robotics, Yi Auto, Pinecone, etc. The firm has been recognized as the "No.1 Early-Stage Investment Firm" in China by Zero2IPO and ChinaVenture, and "Consistent Performing Venture Capital Fund Manager" by Preqin. For further information, please visit https://www.brv.com.cn/en/.
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Teddy Grahams returns for a second year as sponsor of Save The Children's '100 Days of Reading' Summer's Better with Books Campaign
EAST HANOVER, N.J., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Teddy Grahams and Save The Children's 100 Days of Reading program will come together to make summer even better with books. Teddy Grahams believes that kids deserve a carefree childhood, and the brand is on a mission to help parents and caretakers support their child's growth, development, and cheerfulness through storytelling and a robust partnership program with the 100 Days of Reading initiative and New York Times bestselling children's book author Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House).
Through storytelling, kids learn to express their curiosity, emotions, and imagination – essential building blocks to lifelong learning and ingredients to enjoying a more creative, carefree childhood. This year's 100 Days of Reading campaign is focused on making summer better with books and helping parents reinforce the limitless benefits of reading and stories.
"We're excited to partner with Save The Children for a second year to ensure children across the country have the same opportunities to learn, play, and imagine through reading and listening to wonderfully creative and expansive stories," said Caitlin Bolmarcich, Brand Manager, Teddy Grahams. "At Teddy Grahams, we believe kids deserve a carefree childhood and we're proud to continue that journey with Save The Children this summer along with Mary Pope Osborne."
Mary Pope Osborne, author of the #1 bestselling chapter book series, Magic Tree House, published by Random House Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, will join Teddy Grahams in the 100 Days of Reading initiative. An ardent supporter of children's literacy and a pioneer of the chapter book category, Osborne brings to the campaign a passion for storytelling and a commitment to helping children develop a lifelong love for reading. Together, Osborne and Teddy Grahams will celebrate the myriad benefits of reading and storytelling by equipping families with tips to inspire creativity, a curated summer reading list, and advice on how to make reading fun and entertaining as well as educational.
"Creating stories and inspiring children's imaginations and a love of reading is my life's work, and I am so pleased to see Teddy Grahams support Save The Children's essential work in rural America," said Mary Pope Osborne. "The benefits of reading and storytelling are endless, with the power to change lives. I'm thrilled to share this love with the next generation as they discover new worlds and characters."
Throughout the summer, Teddy Grahams will share resources to help inspire exploration and foster creativity. Follow the brand's official Instagram, @teddygrahams for tips; download interactive Teddy-themed activities from the 100 Days of Reading Library; and check out partner influencers for fun ways to inspire family reading. Teddy Grahams is also committing $100,000 to the 100 Days of Reading Summer's Better with Books campaign to help kids in need.
"For children, storytelling is the foundation to learning potential. It's how children first learn to communicate and comprehend their world," said Betsy Zorio, Vice President of U.S. Programs for Save The Children. "In partnership with Teddy Grahams, and with gratitude to Mary Pope Osborne's support, we're sharing resources to keep kids reading, learning, and inspired to explore stories all summer."
Save The Children's 100 Days of Reading Summer's Better with Books is an annual campaign that gives kids fun ways to keep reading and learning all summer. Every link that is clicked or tapped by participants will help unlock donations of books, educational materials, and nutritious meals for kids living in some of America's most underserved rural communities. Save The Children is working in these communities every day to ensure children are getting the early learning and educational support they need to be successful in school and life.
To support 100 Days of Reading follow @teddygrahams and @savethechildren on Instagram and Facebook or visit SavetheChildren.org/READ.
Mondelēz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLZ) empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the world. With 2021 net revenues of approximately $29 billion, MDLZ is leading the future of snacking with iconic global and local brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; CadburyDairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. Mondelēz International is a proud member of the Standard and Poor's 500, Nasdaq 100, and Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Visit www.mondelezinternational.com or follow the company on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MDLZ.
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, we've changed the lives of more than 1 billion children. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Mary Pope Osborne is an ardent advocate and supporter of child literacy, and the award-winning author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including novels, retellings of mythology and folklore, picture books, biographies, mysteries, and the award-winning and internationally bestselling Magic Tree House series, an international phenomenon that has sold more than 143 million books worldwide since its debut in 1992. From 1993 to 1997, Ms. Osborne served as president of the Authors Guild, the country's leading organization for published authors. She has traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad, visiting schools and speaking on issues related to children's literacy. She has spoken at the United Nations regarding the importance of worldwide literacy and was profiled on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams for her continued efforts.
Random House Children's Books (rhcbooks.com) is the world's largest English-language children's trade book publisher. Creating books for toddlers through young adult readers, in all formats from board books to activity books to picture books, novels, and nonfiction, the imprints of Random House Children's Books bring together award-winning authors and illustrators, world-famous franchise characters, and multimillion-copy series. Random House Children's Books is a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
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ISELIN, N.J., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hexaware Technologies has emerged as the winner in 17 categories in the recently announced Hermes Creative Awards 2022. It is the winner of 7 Platinum, 5 Gold and 5 Honorable Mentions.
The Platinum Awards are for the Purpose Statement, SEO Growth, Blog- The Cloud Paradigm, Web Content – Digital Mining, Spotlight Magazine Ad in The New Statesman, a Report on Technology Leaders Agenda, and a Product Video – Amaze® for Data and AI.
The Gold Awards are for the Interactive Christmas Card, Logo for Amaze® and Tensai™, Post on the Blog: Humanity & Technology – Our Janus Moment, Display Ad - Amaze ® for Applications and Hexaware's Job Portal.
The winners of the Hermes Creative Awards 2022 were selected from more than 6500 entries across the US, Canada and 26 other countries. The entries were submitted by corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies, and freelancers. These awards honor the exemplary work done in the industry that has a profound, favorable and lasting impact on the aspect of philanthropy.
Hexaware's win in multiple categories is a testament to its commitment to exceeding expectations and establishing new creative standards.
Nidhi Alexander, CMO, Hexaware Technologies, said, "We are extremely elated to be driven by a workforce that demonstrates its innovative genius with every given opportunity while maintaining a sensible side. These awards encourage us to devise more immersive and engaging communication strategies that develop a solid brand recall for all our stakeholders."
About Hexaware
Hexaware is a global IT, BPS and consulting services company empowering businesses worldwide to realize digital transformation at scale and speed. Our three-pronged strategy of Automate Everything®, Cloudify Everything®, and Transform Customer Experiences® endeavors to drive human-machine collaboration for solving complex business problems. We enable future-ready organizations and market leaders to create lasting business value by helping them offer touchless immersive customer experiences through full-cloud enablement, digital product engineering and extreme automation.
We serve customers in Banking, Financial Services, Capital Markets, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail, Education, Telecom, Hi-Tech & Professional Services (Tax, Audit, Accounting and Legal), Travel, Transportation and Logistics. We deliver highly evolved services in Rapid Application prototyping, development and deployment; Build, Migrate and Run Cloud solutions; Automation-based Application support; Enterprise Solutions for digitizing the back-office; Customer Experience Transformation; Business Intelligence & Analytics; Digital Assurance (Testing); Infrastructure Management Services; and Business Process Services.
We believe technology is a magical thing, and our purpose is to create smiles through great people and technology. Headquartered in New Jersey for North America, London for Europe and Singapore for the Asia Pacific, Hexaware services customers in over two dozen languages from every major time and regulatory zone.
Learn more about Hexaware at https://www.hexaware.com. Take an immersive 360° virtual tour of our campuses worldwide at https://www.hexawareimmersive.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Pathfinder Ventures Inc. (TSXV: RV) (the "Corporation," "RV" or "Pathfinder.") will be a presenter at the TSX Venture Growth Capital Event organized by CEM Events which takes place in Kelowna between July 7-9, 2022. CEO, Director, and Founder Joe Bleackley will be attending and presenting on behalf of the Company.
The TSX Venture Growth Capital Event is an invite-only conference that introduces growth-stage companies to active top-level capital finance individuals through a day of scheduled one-on-one meetings and networking activities.
The event returns for its 3rd year, introducing small-cap companies with interested investors. The TSX Venture Growth Capital Event will be hosted at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna, B.C., from July 7th to 9th, 2022.
Pathfinder Ventures Inc. is developing a network of premier branded, upscale and family-friendly RV parks and campgrounds under the "Pathfinder Camp Resorts" name. Pathfinder currently has three camp resorts located in B.C. and is focused on growing its network through both acquisitions and new construction. The Corporation is taking advantage of the rapidly growing market of Canadians who want to experience the great outdoors in an RV.
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Pathfinder Ventures Inc.
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2 officers shot near 4th of July concert, fireworks in Philadelphia, police say
PHILADELPHIA - Two police officers suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds when gunfire erupted at a large 4th of July fireworks display in Philadelphia.
A massive police presence responded to the 2500 block of Spring Garden Street around 10 p.m. where a massive crowd gathered to watch a concert headlined by Jason Derulo followed by a firework show.
Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer assigned to highway patrol suffered a graze wound to the head. Another officer, a member of the Montgomery County bomb squad, was shot in the right shoulder.
A photo shared with FOX 29 by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 boss John McNesby shows a bullet stuck in the officer's hat.
A bullet lodged in the hat of a Philadelphia police officer who suffered a non-fatal graze wound to the head during a firework display on July 4th. Credit: John McNesby
"It is miraculous the fact that the round stopped in his hat," Outlaw said. "I think initially it went up the inside and hit his forehead and then the round stopped in his hat."
A law enforcement source told FOX 29's Dave Kinchen the shooting happened somewhere behind a Ferris wheel erected on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Both officers were taken to Jefferson University Hospital in stable condition, according to police. Commissioner Danielle Outlaw told reporters at a midnight press conference that both officers were treated and released from the hospital.
Officials did not report the name of the injured officers, but Outlaw said the highway patrol officer is 36-years-old and the Montgomery County officer is 44-years-old.
The gunfire caused the massive crowd to scatter in the middle of the fireworks display, which added more confusion to an already chaotic situation.
No arrests have been reported and police have not said what sparked the gunfire. Outlaw said investigators are working on tips and urged the public for any information.
The Philadelphia Police Department has established a reunion center at the Free Library of Philadelphia for loved ones who may have been separated during the chaos.
A large contingent of police officers, including FOP boss John McNesby and Attorney General Josh Shapiro, headed to the hospital where the two injured officers were brought.
"It was a laid back chill day," Mayor Jim Kenney said. "But we live in America and the Second Amendment, and we have the Supreme Court of the United States telling everyone they can carry a gun anywhere they want."
Kenney candidly spoke about the frustration he's felt as Mayor, at one point telling reporters that he's looking forward to not being mayor anymore.
"I'm waiting for something bad to happen all the time," Kenney said. "I'll be happy when I'm not mayor, so I can enjoy some stuff." | https://www.fox4news.com/news/2-officers-shot-near-4th-of-july-concert-fireworks-in-philadelphia-sources-say | 2022-07-05T13:28:52Z | https://www.fox4news.com/news/2-officers-shot-near-4th-of-july-concert-fireworks-in-philadelphia-sources-say | true |
The approval of a CPT code establishes a reimbursement pathway for increased access to HelioLiver, a simple blood test to detect hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – the primary form of liver cancer
HelioLiver is currently available through a provider order – visit www.helioliver.com to learn more
IRVINE, Calif. and TEMPLE CITY, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Helio Genomics ("Helio"), and its commercial partner, Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ: FLGT) ("Fulgent") announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a new Category I Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Proprietary Laboratory Analyses code for HelioLiver™, enabling a reimbursement pathway for potential increased access and broader adoption of innovative surveillance tests for liver cancer in the U.S. The code will become effective on October 1, 2022.
HelioLiver, launched in December 2021, is a multi-analyte blood test that incorporates cell free DNA (cfDNA) methylation patterns and serum protein markers for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – the most common form of liver cancer. The provision of a CPT PLA code and expected subsequent Medicare reimbursement facilitates the seamless integration of HelioLiver into the American healthcare system, validating Helio's values-based approach to early liver cancer detection for at-risk patients and elevating the standard of care.
"Receiving a CPT PLA code for HelioLiver marks an important step towards our vision to enable widespread, affordable access of life-saving tools for at-risk populations who need clear and convenient answers about their health," said Justin Chen Li, Chief Executive Officer, Helio Genomics. "Our unique approach to AI-powered genomic insights for the early detection of cancer is now further substantiated as a critical tool for healthcare professionals with greater reimbursement potential. Access and affordability are key pillars to patient adherence to liver cancer surveillance, and Helio will continue to partner with agencies and professionals to ensure our test is meeting their standards as well as the needs of patients. We look forward to leading the charge in redefining the future of cancer through helping to identify more treatable and preventable liver cancer cases."
The CPT PLA code for HelioLiver will allow providers to efficiently conduct routine surveillance of at-risk patients and streamline the reporting of services, claims processing and development of guidelines for medical care review, ultimately advancing more sophisticated and comprehensive care for patients.
About Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, liver cancer is the fastest growing cancer with more than 800,000 people diagnosed each year worldwide. Liver cancer is also a leading cause of cancer deaths globally, accounting for more than 700,000 deaths each year, many due to late-stage diagnosis. Detecting cancer can be a key factor to enabling potentially curative treatment options and as such, regular surveillance is recommended for the approximately 500 million people worldwide who are at-risk due to cirrhosis or hepatitis B.
Other conditions that are associated with HCC development are: hepatitis C, excessive alcohol use, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and inherited diseases such as hereditary hemochromatosis, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and Wilson's disease.
About HelioLiver
HelioLiver is a multi-analyte blood test that incorporates cell-free DNA (cfDNA) methylation patterns, serum protein markers, and demographic information for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Based on results from the ENCORE Phase 2 prospective, blinded, multi-center study, HelioLiver demonstrated high specificity (91%) and high sensitivity (76%) in detecting early-stage (I and II) HCC, significantly outperforming other clinically available detection tools such as AFP (57%) and GALAD (65%). Ultrasound, as standard of care, showed only 47% sensitivity for early-stage HCC.1 When considering HCC at all stages, HelioLiver performed at an 85% sensitivity with the same 91% specificity.1 By detecting HCC in earlier stages, HelioLiver allows patients access to more curative options and improve outcomes overall.
Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ: FLGT) is the exclusive commercial partner to Helio Genomics for the distribution of HelioLiver, which is currently available for order as a laboratory developed test in the United States and Canada.
Providers can place orders online at helioliver.com/provider/how-to-order, via phone (+1 626-350-0537) or email at info@helioliver.com to get connected with a representative.
About Helio Genomics
Helio Genomics is an AI-driven healthcare company focused on commercializing early cancer detection tests from a simple blood draw. The company's mission is to simplify cancer screening so lives can be saved by detecting cancer earlier. With Helio's AI-driven technology, both physicians and their patients gain powerful insights from accurate, accessible, and convenient blood tests. Helio's development program is focused on liver, colon, breast and lung cancer.
Helio Genomics is headquartered in Irvine, CA, with R&D, GMP and CLIA facilities in Irvine, CA and West Lafayette, IN.
About Fulgent Genetics
Fulgent Genetics is a technology-based genetic testing company focused on transforming patient care in oncology, infectious and rare diseases, and reproductive health. Fulgent Genetics' proprietary technology platform has created a broad, flexible test menu and the ability to continually expand and improve its proprietary genetic reference library while maintaining accessible pricing, high accuracy, and competitive turnaround times. Combining next generation sequencing, or NGS, with its technology platform, the Company performs full-gene sequencing with deletion/duplication analysis in an array of panels that can be tailored to meet specific customer needs. A cornerstone of the Company's business is its ability to provide expansive options and flexibility for all clients' unique testing needs through a comprehensive technology offering including cloud computing, pipeline services, record management, web portal services, clinical workflow, sequencing as a service and automated laboratory services.
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Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical facts and relate to future events or circumstances or the Company's future performance, and they are based on management's current assumptions, expectations, and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on the Company's business. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, which may cause the forward-looking events and circumstances described in this press release to not occur, and actual results to differ materially and adversely from those described in or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the preventive public health measures that may continue to impact demand for its tests and the pandemic's effects on the global supply chain; the market potential for, and the rate and degree of market adoption of, the Company's tests, including its tests for COVID-19 and genetic testing generally; the Company's ability to capture a sizable share of the developing market for genetic and COVID-19 testing and to compete successfully in these markets, including its ability to continue to develop new tests that are attractive to its various customer markets, its ability to maintain turnaround times and otherwise keep pace with rapidly changing technology; the Company's ability to maintain the low internal costs of its business model, particularly as the Company makes investments across its business; the Company's ability to maintain an acceptable margin on sales of its tests, particularly in light of increasing competitive pressures and other factors that may continue to reduce the Company's sale prices for and margins on its tests; risks related to volatility in the Company's results, which can fluctuate significantly from period to period; risks associated with the composition of the Company's customer base, which can fluctuate from period to period and can be comprised of a small number of customers that account for a significant portion of the Company's revenue; the Company's ability to grow and diversify its customer base and increase demand from existing and new customers; the Company's investments in its infrastructure, including its sales organization and operational capabilities, and the extent to which these investments impact the Company's business and performance and enable it to manage any growth it may experience in future periods; the Company's level of success in obtaining coverage and adequate reimbursement and collectability levels from third-party payors for its tests; the Company's level of success in establishing and obtaining the intended benefits from partnerships, strategic investments, joint ventures, acquisitions, or other relationships; the Company's compliance with the various evolving and complex laws and regulations applicable to its business and its industry; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to protect its proprietary technology platform; and general industry, economic, political and market conditions. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, forward-looking statements should not be relied on or viewed as predictions of future events.
The forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update publicly any such forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or to changes in expectations, except as otherwise required by law.
The Company's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on February 28, 2022 and the other reports it files from time to time, including subsequently filed annual, quarterly and current reports, are made available on the Company's website upon their filing with the SEC. These reports contain more information about the Company, its business and the risks affecting its business, as well as its results of operations for the periods covered by the financial results included in this press release.
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1 Lin N, Lin Y, Xu J, et al. A multi-analyte cell-free DNA–based blood test for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatol Commun. 2022;00:1–11. doi:10.1002/hep4.1918.
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DALLAS (AP) — Travelers flying home from July Fourth getaways faced flight delays Monday, but airlines were canceling fewer flights than in the days leading up to the holiday weekend.
Since holiday weekend travel picked up on Thursday, airlines have canceled more than 2,200 U.S. flights, and another 25,000 were delayed.
Airports were packed.
More than 9 million flyers flocked to U.S. airports between Thursday and Sunday, peaking at 2.49 million, a pandemic-era record, on Friday, according to figures from the Transportation Security Administration.
By late Monday afternoon on the East Coast, more than 2,200 U.S. flights had been delayed and more than 200 canceled, according to FlightAware.
The good news: Those numbers were down sharply from recent days.
Flying during the peak vacation season has always been challenging. Big crowds and summer thunderstorms can quickly overwhelm an airline’s operations. That has been compounded this summer by shortages of pilots and other workers.
“It’s not just in North America, it’s everywhere,” said John Grant, an analyst for OAG, a travel-date provider based in the United Kingdom. “It’s a combination of available resources and demand picking up much more quickly than anyone anticipated.”
Grant said labor shortages in Europe and North America have affected airlines, their suppliers including caterers and aircraft fuelers, airports and air traffic controllers. He sees no reason to think the situation will improve anytime this summer.
In the U.S., the rate of cancellations over the last two weeks is up 59% from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, likely due to a combination of weather, staffing shortages and air-traffic issues.
However, the rate of delayed flights is only slightly worse than it was in the last summer before the pandemic — 19.7% then, 21.5% now, according to FlightAware numbers.
While some of the disruption was due to bad weather, especially along the East Coast for part of the weekend, airlines also made unforced errors.
American Airlines accidentally dropped pilot assignments for thousands of flights in July because of a glitch in its scheduling program. A spokesman for the airline said Monday that the problem had been fixed and crew assignments had been restored for “the vast majority” of flights. He said the issue had no effect on July Fourth travel.
Ed Sicher, the new president of the union representing American’s pilots, said the airline had disregarded their contract by unilaterally reassigning pilots to about 80% of the affected flights.
Sicher said the union and airline are negotiating extra pay for pilots who had trips dropped, then restored during “this debacle.” | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/airlines-cancel-fewer-flights-as-july-4-weekend-ends/ | 2022-07-05T13:30:50Z | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/airlines-cancel-fewer-flights-as-july-4-weekend-ends/ | false |
Have you ever wondered how Ducktown got its name in Atlantic City? Did you know that Atlantic City was a significant spot for soldiers to train during World War II?
This summer you can learn all about the history of Atlantic City by going on walking tours coordinated by Stockton University’s Continuing Studies. After a two-year hiatus due to pandemic, the walking tours of Atlantic City are back and better than ever.
Starting Friday, July 8, there are four consecutive – and different - tours every Friday in July at 10 a.m. so attendees can learn about the historical significance of Atlantic City and its importance today. Take one tour for $10, or all four for $35.
Approximately 2 to 3 miles of parks, city streets and the boardwalk are covered throughout the tours, which are about two hours long and held rain or shine. Each tour is guided by Dr. Levi Fox, an Atlantic City historian and Stockton University Adjunct Professor and co-sponsored by the Chelsea Economic Development Corporation and the Ducktown Community Development Corporation, who have helped reduce the registration fee.
“We're thrilled to be back frankly,” says Diana Strelczyk, assistant director of continuing studies and adjunct professor at Stockton. When asked how important it is to be back after the COVID-19 pandemic Strelczyk says. “It's such a great program, and it really gets to the heart of the history in the various cultures here in Atlantic City. Taking our little hiatus for safety was really important for us, and to be back out in a way that we're also able to offer a program very safely in a social distanced way is important. They're safe because you get to be outside and you get to spread out a little bit. It's fun, and it's educational, and you get a little bit of exercise on a Friday morning. We really hope that people gain a new appreciation and a new light for the people, the places the businesses, the architecture, the history, and that they appreciate that from block to block.”
The four unique tours include the Veterans’ Heritage Tour on July 8, the Ducktown Revitalization Tour on July 15, Louisa Mack’s LGBT/Orange Loop Tour on July 22, and the Lower Chelsea Tour on July 29 (see sidebar).
Strelcyzk says it’s difficult to choose her favorite tour.
“It's so hard for me because I lived here and worked in the city for so long,” she says. “I just love everything, but they do have such unique things. The veterans tour is great, and we do it right around the Fourth of July, and we're able to really center on our veterans and America. We go straight from the Civil War - we have to remember Atlantic City was founded before the Civil War started - and we talk about the history of that, and we go all the way to the Korean War and more recent stuff. And we talk about a lot of history from past to present.”
Fox, also an adjunct professor at Stockton as well as president and CEO of Jersey Shore Tours, particularly enjoys the veterans tour.
“I might have to pick the veterans tour only because I have veterans in my family and because I have a particular interest in the Korean War memorial,” he says. “Because my dissertation was actually all about monuments and museums and what's often called the Forgotten War.”
Fox says he hopes attendees walk away with a better knowledge of Atlantic City’s rich history.
“I hope that they leave with more of an appreciation of what was there and what is still there that they might walk by and not appreciate if it wasn't necessarily pointed out to them.” he says. “Having people see things that they wouldn't have seen before or appreciate things they wouldn't have appreciated before, they can take that with them and maybe appreciate other places that they visit. But even more than that, to kind of spread the word that Atlantic City is a lot more than meets the eye.” | https://atlanticcityweekly.com/just_for_fun/stockton-s-walking-tours-return-to-showcase-a-c-s-rich-history/article_815dbe86-f962-11ec-8a5d-d7b7a687aa3d.html | 2022-07-05T13:33:50Z | https://atlanticcityweekly.com/just_for_fun/stockton-s-walking-tours-return-to-showcase-a-c-s-rich-history/article_815dbe86-f962-11ec-8a5d-d7b7a687aa3d.html | true |
BEIJING, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wissen Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (Wissen Technology), a leading service robot innovator, raised close to US$10 million in a Pre-A+ Series financing led by BlueRun Ventures China ("BRV China"). The funding will go towards reinforcing Wissen Technology's technological edge in the development of collaborative robots ('cobots') and boosting its efforts across talent acquisition and commercialization of applications. Wissen Technology is the only cobot provider with a full-stack technology offering all-in-one smart robot solutions utilizing light, flexible robotic arms.
Founded in 2019, Wissen Technology has dedicated itself to redefine the industry of cobots by reaching new standards in flexibility, agility, elasticity and safety. The KT200 Dual-arm Field Operation Robot, equipped with a variety of end-execution tools, was awarded Contemporary Good Design Award 2021 by Red Dot Design Awards, one of the world's largest design competitions, and is now fully functional across social and public services.
Cobots have grown rapidly in recent years. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, China is a core driving force within the world's robotics industry having created more than RMB100 billion in total revenue over the past year. Further, industrial cobots have been put into use in nearly 200 industries and sectors in China and have proved their competence across education, healthcare and agriculture.
Despite rising demand, cobots face considerable barriers. It requires technological breakthroughs in every stage whether in hardware components such as the base, rotary joints and end-of-arm tools or in terms of software programming such as navigation, visual image analysis and movement control. Only when all elements are perfectly in place can cobots function properly.
"The investment is meant to lift robotics innovation to a new level," said Wei CAO, Partner of BRV China. "Currently, labor shortage due to an ageing population has led to skyrocketing demand for interactive operation robots in order to carry out unmanned operations across industries."
"There is a need for comprehensive solutions in the form of collaborative robotic arms that are safe, agile and cost-effective. As such products get widely applied across public services, the utility sector, health and sanitation industries, intelligent parks and other areas. We look forward to Wissen's efforts to drive the technology industry forward," added Mr. Cao.
The founding team of Wissen Technology said: "We are determined to deliver a brand-new user experience and expand the utility of elastic robots. With the funding round, Wissen is keen to move towards the mass production of well-rounded collaborative service robots that can safeguard frontline workers and boost operational efficiency."
About BRV China
BlueRun Ventures China (BRV China) is a leading early-stage venture firm in China with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. Having its heritage in Silicon Valley since 1998 and entered China in 2005, BRV China has managed over $2 billion through multiple USD and RMB funds, with over $1 billion cash distributions. BRV China focuses on investing in entrepreneurs who create a sustainable impact through technological innovations across enterprise services, transportation and smart machine, digital healthcare, and consumer technology sectors in China. The firm has invested in more than 150 portfolio companies, including Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), QingCloud (688316.SH), WaterDrop (NYSE: WDH), Energy Monster (NASDAQ: EM), Mogujie/Meilishuo (NYSE: MOGU), Qudian (NYSE: QD), Ganji/58.com, PPTV, Guazi, Meishubao, Nanyan, Shanzhen, Gaussian Robotics, Yi Auto, Pinecone, etc. The firm has been recognized as the "No.1 Early-Stage Investment Firm" in China by Zero2IPO and ChinaVenture, and "Consistent Performing Venture Capital Fund Manager" by Preqin. For further information, please visit https://www.brv.com.cn/en/.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaultavo Inc., a fintech start-up that has developed a ground-breaking crypto custody solution for institutions and individuals to debut in the second half of 2022, has appointed Feintuch Communications as its global public relations agency of record.
Vaultavo's crypto custody solution will offer digital currency holders the protection of cold storage security while offering the ease of access of credit or debit cards for transactions.
The global cryptocurrency exchange market, which is expected to hit $4.94 billion by 2030, is hamstrung by the vulnerability of online trading, transacting and protection of digital assets. In fact, criminal hackers stole approximately $3.2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2021 – which is six times more than in 2020.
"Our solution, designed by an experienced team of payment technology, blockchain and IT professionals, will offer the industry's most comprehensive combination of security and ease of access that will overcome these roadblocks to the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies," said Philip Meyer, CEO, Vaultavo. "We selected the Feintuch Communications team to bring us to market based on its solid experience with start-ups and past success in the fintech, blockchain, banking and payment technology sectors."
"Vaultavo's highly experienced team, many of whom who have worked successfully together in other fintech organizations, have set their sights on addressing the major crypto custody challenge facing the global cryptocurrency marketplace," said Henry Feintuch, president, Feintuch Communications. "We look forward to helping its management team to implement a broad business, financial and trade communications campaign that will enable them to quickly gain traction with their groundbreaking solution."
Feintuch Communications' Vaultavo team is led by Feintuch and Liz Savery, vice president. The full team has represented numerous organizations in fintech and e-commerce including ClassWallet, SurgePays, Klarna, Splitit, Optimal Payments and BorderX Lab.
About Vaultavo Inc.
Vaultavo Inc. (www.vaultavo.com), based in New York and with facilities in London and staff in Hong Kong, South Africa and Malta, is a fintech start-up focused on developing a crypto custody solution to support the mass adoption of digital currencies by institutions and individuals. The company's solution addresses the vulnerability of online trading, transacting and protection of digital assets. Scheduled for introduction in the second half of 2022, Vaultavo will offer digital currency holders the protection of cold storage security but with the ease of access to their crypto assets akin to their use of a credit or debit card.
About Feintuch Communications
Feintuch Communications (www.feintuchcommunications.com), based in New York City, is an award-winning strategic relations firm offering clients an integrated blend of public relations, advertising/marketing, investor relations and other services to meet their business objectives. A founding partner of PR World Alliance (www.prworldalliance.com), the firm specializes in B2B and B2C programs with a focus in technology, financial services, adtech and media, AV and clean tech. Feintuch Communications prides itself on its strong service ethic, senior counsel and hands-on support.
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Arrival of former Tencent Games and Red Bull executive comes as company prepares to scale player acquisition
CALGARY, AB and ISLE OF MAN, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Real Luck Group Ltd. (TSX.V: LUCK) (OTCQB: LUKEF) (the "Company") and its subsidiary companies doing business as "Luckbox" (the "Group"), an award-winning provider of licensed esports betting, sports betting and casino games, announces the appointment of Daniel Sanders as Director of Marketing.
Mr Sanders's previous positions include Senior Global Marketing Lead at Tencent Games and Head of Esports and Gaming Marketing at Red Bull. He was also previously a manager and player with renowned esports organization Dignitas. He will be responsible for leading Luckbox's marketing strategy as the Company looks to accelerate player acquisition through the second half of 2022, a key component for driving organic revenue growth this year.
Real Luck Group CEO Thomas Rosander said: "This is a crucial position that completes the building of our core leadership team. This role requires a rare skill set that we have been working diligently to recruit for several months and we are very pleased to attract an individual of Daniel's caliber to help accelerate our player growth strategy.
"Dan brings genuine esports authenticity along with proven marketing credentials and he will play an important role in our long-term mission to position Luckbox as a leading brand at the intersection of gambling, esports and gaming. His arrival enhances our leadership team's wealth of experience in scaling users and revenues in the gambling industry.
"As part of our team, he will utilize the sophisticated business intelligence and customer relationship management infrastructure that we put in place over the past year, as we aim to embark on meaningful player acquisition campaigns for the first time in the Company's history.
"Dan's efforts to bring the Luckbox brand to a new generation of players will be supported by the continued deployment of the Company's affiliate strategy, building out a growing network of player referral sites, attracting high-value traffic to our casino product with the aim of driving near-term revenue growth.
"We are confident our strategy gives us a unique advantage against a backdrop of soaring player acquisition costs currently affecting the sector. We have the resources to scale our marketing efforts and deliver on our growth strategy deep into 2023."
The Company announces it has granted Mr. Sanders 250,000 stock options under the Company's stock option plan to the directors, employees officers and consultants of the Company at a price of C$0.10 per stock option, representing the closing price of the Company's shares on July 4, 2022, exercisable for a period of 3 years from the date of grant; vesting 10% immediately, 10% six months from the date of grant and 20% every six months after that.
Luckbox is an award-winning next-generation gaming platform that offers legal, real-money betting, live streams, and statistics on all major esports, as well as sports betting and casino games on desktop and mobile devices. Luckbox is owned by Real Luck Group, listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange (TSXV: LUCK) and OTC (OTCQB: LUKEF). Luckbox's proprietary tech stack is built by a team combining gambling industry experience and a passion for gaming and esports, allowing the company to benefit from superior business intelligence and player acquisition, while providing players with an industry-leading betting user experience and betting offer. Luckbox is live in more than 80 territories worldwide and holds a B2C and B2B gambling license under the Online Gambling Regulation Act (OGRA), issued by the Isle of Man Gaming Supervision Commission. Luckbox is committed to supporting responsible gambling.
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A woman has been taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle crash on the M5 in Somerset today which saw a car travel in the wrong direction down the carriageway.
The incident happened just before 11.50am today (Tuesday, July 5) on the southbound carriageway between junction 21 at Weston-super-Mare and junction 22 (Burnham-on-Sea). It sparked a huge emergency services response with drivers seeing blue lighters "flying" down the motorway towards the crash.
Traffic was completely held for half an hour while the incident was attended to. It has now been moved to the hard shoulder so traffic can start to move although there are residual delays for four miles.
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Police have confirmed a woman was taken to hospital and confirmed three cars had been involved. It is not known which car the woman was in.
The force said: "We were called today (Tuesday, July 5) at 11.50am following reports of a collision on the M5 between junction 22 (Burnham-on-Sea) and junction 21 (Weston-super-Mare).
"A car was reported to be travelling northbound up the southbound carriageway between the junctions and there was a collision between three vehicles.
"Initial assessments have been carried out and we believe there are no life-threatening or life-changing injuries. One woman has been taken to hospital.
"Traffic was held while emergency services attended the scene and debris cleared. Lane three has now been reopened and it is hoped the other lanes will be reopened shortly."
Highways England confirmed delays of 30 minutes as of 1.09pm. Check our live blog for the latest updates here.
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Four arrested in robbery case in Visakhapatnam
₹11.85 lakh, a high-end car and a scooter were seized from the accused, say police
The city police on Monday arrested four persons who were allegedly involved in a robbery case.
The arrested were identified as Besetty William Prasad, a resident of Sheela Nagar, Pendra Naresh alias Rishi, a resident of Dilsukh Nagar, Hyderabad, Shaik Yusuf, a resident of Wyra mandal of Khammam district, and Shaik Nazeer of Kothagudem.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) S. Gangadharam, said that the four were arrested near a petrol bunk in a Gajuwaka and around ₹11.85 lakh cash, one high-end car and a scooter were seized from them.
According to the ADCP, one Reddy Raju Naidu, regional credit head of a gold loan company, had filed a complaint that four persons had robbed around ₹32.80 lakh from him, after assaulting him and tying him to a chair at BW Enterprises in TSN Colony on June 29.
He said that Mr. Naidu had gone to the office of Beesetty William Prasad who owns BW Enterprises, based on a request of Prasad that he wanted to sell about 700 gms of gold.
On June 29, Mr. Naidu collected ₹15 lakh from a known financier Nachu Anand Rao and had gone to Prasad’s office. After weighing the gold and valuation there was a need of more money.
Mr. Naidu in his initial complaint had stated that he had gone back to the Nachu Anand Rao and collected another ₹15 lakh and another ₹2.8 lakh from his personal funds and paid Prasad ₹32.80 lakh.
But in the meantime, the three other accused, who are reportedly accomplices of Prasad, entered the office and staged a drama of assaulting Prasad and then assaulted Naidu and took away the cash after tying the complainant to a chair.
Immediately after the incident Naidu lodged a complaint on the same day and a case was booked. But the very next day, Naidu confessed that the amount of ₹32.8 lakh was exaggerated and the amount stolen was only ₹16 lakh, said Inspector Avatharam of Harbour Police Station.
Based on the fresh complaint, the police took up the investigation and arrested the four, on Monday.
As per the ADCP, the main accused Besetty William Prasad, who was in need of money had hatched the plan to steal the money from Naidu, along with the help of his accomplices.
According to the police, apart from arresting the four accused, cases are also being booked against Naidu for exaggerating the amount robbed and misguiding the police.
All arrested were sent in remand.
To crack the case a 14-member team from different police stations, including inspector rank officers such as Ch. Simhadri Naidu, Avatharam, Rama Chandra Rao and P. Suryanarayana, were involved, said Mr. Gangadharam.
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The notion of “trading a draft” dates back to a moment either of infamy or genius on Oct. 12, 1989, depending on where the focus of the deal rests.
And, no, for all the NBA’s wheeling and dealing, including Danny Ainge’s fleecing of the Brooklyn Nets for four first-round picks with the Boston Celtics’ trade of aging Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce on June 28, 2013, that hardly stands as sports’ “trading the draft” moment.
Instead, flash back to the NFL almost 33 years ago.
That’s when Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones maneuvered the Dallas Cowboys to arguably the most prolific package of draft picks in U.S. sports history.
So off went Herschel Walker (pre-politics) to the Minnesota Vikings.
In return? Eight Vikings draft picks, including three first-round picks and three second-round picks.
The ultimate haul from those picks (through selections and trades) is one even the most neophyte of football fans can appreciate: Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Alonzo Highsmith, Kevin Smith, Darren Woodson.
In the wake of the trade? Three Super Bowl championships for the Cowboys; zero Super Bowl appearances for the Vikings.
So why reference a football trade in an NBA space?
Because while no sports deal might ever match what ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary called “The Great Trade Robbery,” pooling picks has become the rage in the NBA, particularly during this latest round of NBA free agency.
Just ahead of the start of free agency, the Atlanta Hawks dealt three first-rounders and a first-round pick swap in the deal with the San Antonio Spurs for Dejounte Murray.
Then, Friday, came the blockbuster that had the Minnesota Timberwolves sending four first-round picks and a first-round pick swap in their package to the Utah Jazz for Rudy Gobert.
And before all of that – though still relevant today in light of James Harden’s current free agency with the Philadelphia 76ers – there was the Brooklyn Nets’ January 2021 acquisition of Harden from the Houston Rockets at the cost of three first-round picks and four first-round swaps (basically involving every Nets first-round pick from 2021 to 2027).
It is why, as Kevin Durant attempts to work his way out of Brooklyn via trade, the Nets have set the bar of at least three first-round picks, plus the requisite first-round swaps. (The Miami Heat currently are positioned to offer two, plus pick swaps.)
Whether any of those trades yield anything close to the Cowboys’ payoff from the Walker trade is highly unlikely, although only time will tell.
But it is a sign of more teams willing to live in the moment, an approach the Heat and Pat Riley have taken for years with first-round picks, including when they were doled out en masse (and perhaps over-exuberance) back in 2010 simply to get LeBron James and Chris Bosh under longer-term contracts.
The NBA had attempted to limit such largesse with the adoption of the Stepien Rule, named after Ted Stepien, the then-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who at one point in the ‘80s traded away five consecutive first-round picks, picks that, for other teams, turned into James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Detlef Schrempf, among others.
Under the Stepien Rule’s provisions, teams no longer are allowed to trade successive future first-round picks.
The rule: “No Member may sell its rights to select a player in the first round of any NBA Draft for cash or its equivalent, or trade or exchange its right to select a player in the first round of any NBA Draft if the result of such trade or exchange may be to leave the Member without first-round picks in any two consecutive future NBA Drafts.”
But just as coaches find loopholes in game rules, executives have done the same with the ever-popular pick swaps. The maneuver guarantees the acquiring team of the pick swap the better draft position between the teams in the designated year. So trade away a pick one year, engineer a pick swap the next, and keep alternating, as the Rockets did with the Nets in the 2021 Harden trade.
Based on the trend, NBA drafts soon could wind up with half the league’s teams as spectators, another case of have and have nots.
With the Stepien Rule, the NBA tried to protect teams’ futures.
With the latest round of trades, teams are telling the NBA there remains plenty to be said about living in the moment.
If only Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones and Herschel Walker knew what they had started.
IN THE LANE
TUCKER TIME: When it comes to negotiations, sometimes you have to shake your head and move on. Yes, P.J. Tucker was instrumental in the Heat’s push within one victory of the NBA Finals. And, yes, for years he arguably has been underpaid. But because of their position in regard to the NBA hard cap, the Heat’s best offer came in at a starting point of $8.4 million for 2022-23. The 76ers offered their mid-level exception of $10.5 million. The absence of state tax in Florida would have made the difference negligible in value of the total three-year packages. Didn’t matter. Tucker wanted his first career eight-figure salary. The $10 million mark meant everything to the 37-year-old veteran, having not earned more than $8.3 million in any previous season. The Heat quite literally got caught up in a numbers game, or, more precisely, a numeral game. He was beloved by his Heat teammates, and felt the same in return. He continually praised the coaching staff for expanding his role. But he couldn’t get his $10 million salary. So he left.
UNEVEN RIDE: In the end, it proved to be an uneven ride for Lonnie Walker with the Spurs, never truly able to gain a foothold after being selected out of the University of Miami at No. 18 in 2018. So on to the Los Angeles Lakers it is, on a one-year, $6.5 million deal at the taxpayer mid-level exception. The writing for Walker basically was on the wall after San Antonio drafted Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley, with the trade of Murray making it clear the Spurs wanted to refresh (and tank?) everything. Of Walker, Spurs General Manager Brian Wright said, “I think the way the draft played out kind of changed the trajectory of our roster and made the opportunities a little bit different than maybe they would have been had the draft gone a different way.”
NEXT STEP: Former Heat center Nemanja Bjelica long has marched to his own drummer, so perhaps it is not surprising that in the wake of contributing to the Golden State Warriors’ 2022 NBA championship he nonetheless bypassed his NBA free agency to return to play in Turkey. Recall, in 2018 he left the Timberwolves to sign with the 76ers in free agency, backed out to play in Europe, and then changed his mind and took a three-year deal with the Sacramento Kings. Eventually, he was dealt from the Kings to the Heat, where he (and the Heat) flamed out in the 2021 first round.
LESS TRAVELED: When it comes to the Heat’s summer roster, no one has taken a path less traveled (or more traveled) than Kyle Allman Jr. Undrafted out of Cal State Fullerton in 2019, the 6-foot-4 guard played 2019-20 in Greece, 2020-21 in Latvia, and this past season in France. He is scheduled to play with the Heat in both the California Classic and Las Vegas summer leagues.
NUMBER
25. Years since a European player was not selected in the first 25 picks of the NBA draft. The Heat’s selection of Serbian big man Nikola Jovic at No. 27 made him the earliest since pick this year. The last time it happened was with Slovenian guard Marko Milic at No. 33 in 1997, per HoopsHype.
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Search for girl continues in Chikkamagaluru
Hassan July 05, 2022 18:58 ISTSix-year-old fell into a stream in spate during heavy rains on Monday
The search operation to trace the six-year-old girl, who reportedly fell into a stream near Togaraihanklu near Chikkamagaluru during heavy rains on Monday evening, continued on Tuesday. However, the girl was not found till late in the evening.
Supreetha had fallen into the river while returning home with her brother after school. The Fire and Emergency Service began the search early morning on Tuesday.
“So far, we could not trace her. We will resume the search tomorrow as well. State Disaster Response Force will also join us tomorrow”, K.P.Shashidar, District Fire Officer, told The Hindu on Tuesday.
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In the central Oregon city of Bend, the sole Planned Parenthood clinic serving the eastern half of the state is bracing for an influx of patients, particularly from neighboring Idaho, where a trigger law banning most abortions is expected to take effect this summer.
“We’ve already started hiring,” said Joanna Dennis-Cook, the Bend Health Center Manager.
Across the U.S. West, many abortion providers serving rural areas were already struggling to meet demand in a vast region where staffing shortages and long travel distances are barriers to reproductive services for women. Oregon alone is larger geographically than the entire United Kingdom.
Some facilities serving rural communities in states where abortion remains legal worry those pre-existing challenges could be further compounded by the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as more patients travel from states where the procedure is banned or greatly restricted.
Anticipating an abortion ban in Idaho, Oregon lawmakers earlier this year created a $15 million fund to increase access to abortion services.
Northwest Abortion Access Fund, a nonprofit that helps patients pay for travel and the procedure itself, has been tapped to receive the first $1 million. NWAAF has worked with the Bend clinic for 20 years, and they are collaborating to meet the needs of a growing number of patients.
Dennis-Cook says her clinic is providing additional training for staff and modifying schedules “to ensure that we can accommodate increases in patient numbers” as more people travel farther for care.
Before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 20% of U.S. women already had to travel at least 42 miles to reach the nearest abortion clinic, according to 2014 data analyzed by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, which published its findings in The Lancet Public Health. Across much of eastern Oregon, that distance can jump to nearly 180 miles. As more states move to enact trigger bans on abortion, distances could increase further for many patients.
Dennis-Cook says the Bend health center has been seeing patients coming from as far away as Texas.
Bend’s clinic has six exam rooms and receives about 600 visits per month. As it is “on the smaller side,” Dennis-Cook said it is “limited” in what it can provide.
“We only do first trimester procedures here,” she explained. She added the clinic can’t do procedures involving general anesthesia. “We don’t have a plethora of nurses who can do that type of work to draw from.”
Smaller abortion clinics, particularly ones in rural areas, have historically grappled with shortages of staff and doctors who can perform the procedure. This in turn affects scheduling availability.
Amidst growing demand for travel funds, NWAAF has already exhausted its planned operating budgets for this year, according to Riley Keane, a Practical Support Lead for the group.
“Last year we gave away about $1 million all told,” Keane explained, referring to grants given to clinics to cover abortion costs and travel funds provided to patients. She said this year NWAAF is “on track to double that potentially.”
Keane expects the $1 million from Oregon’s new abortion access fund will make “a huge difference” for NWAAF, which normally relies on individual donors. She says this year marks the first time the group is receiving government money.
NWAAF says it is concerned about providing travel funds to patients in states where abortion is banned or greatly restricted, but added it is working with legal professionals to assess the shifting landscape.
“They keep us up to date on things we need to be concerned about,” Keane said.
In response to laws such as those passed in Texas allowing private individuals to sue abortion providers, the governors of Oregon, Washington and California announced a joint commitment to protect patients and doctors “against judicial and local law enforcement cooperation with out-of-state investigations, inquiries and arrests.”
The three Democratic governors also said they will refuse “extradition of individuals for criminal prosecution” for receiving or supporting abortion services that are legal in their states.
NWAAF’s service region includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.
Keane says NWAAF will continue its work for now. “Currently, our legal advisers haven’t told us that we need to stop operating,” she said.
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By Ian Walker
Shares of BlueRock Diamonds PLC fell 27% on Tuesday after the company said it has agreed to a two-part 1.6 million pound ($1.9 million) convertible loan to finance the Kareevlei mine in South Africa, where production and development has been delayed due to the extended rainy season.
Shares at 1309 GMT were down 3.25 pence at 9.0 pence.
Under the financing--which is with Teichmann Company Ltd., T-Three-Drilling Ltd. and three Teichmann employees--BlueRock will initially issue a GBP1 million loan note which will be redeemed for 15.2 million ordinary shares in the company at 7 pence each by Aug. 31. The price is a 43% discount to BlueRock's closing price of 12.25 pence on Monday.
The redemption is conditional upon the U.K. Takeover Panel waiving the obligation for the consortium to make a general offer for the company. If approved, the redemption will result in the party's shareholding increasing to 51%, from 17.4%.
Provided these conditions are met BlueRock will then issue a further GBP583,475 convertible loan note to the consortium. The new loan note is also convertible at 7 pence and matures Nov. 30, 2025.
The company said it is conscious of the dilutive effect from the financing and is exploring the option, alongside Teichmann, of issuing a limited number of shares to other shareholders.
"The need for financing has arisen as a result of the excessive and extended rainy season this year which has delayed the ramp up of production and the development of our main pit leading to significantly lower production levels and lower grades than expected," Chairman Mike Houston said.
Write to Ian Walker at ian.walker@wsj.com
Corrections & Amplifications
This item was corrected at 9:25 a.m. ET to show that shares of BlueRock Diamonds PLC were down 27% on Tuesday afternoon. An earlier version incorrectly reported that shares of the company were down 10%.
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Educational institutions in Erode asked to submit applications for grant of concurrence
The Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Chennai, has called for applications for grant of concurrence for educational institutional buildings constructed and functioning in those locations before January 1, 2011, in non-plan areas.
A release said that the Housing and Urban Development Department had issued a government order (G.O. Ms. No. 76 dated June 14, 2018) with guidelines for grant of concurrence for such buildings constructed and functioning before January 1, 2011.
Under the scheme, opportunity is given to those who have missed submission of applications earlier. It is also informed that those who are interested to obtain concurrence under this scheme may register application in six months extension time in the website: www.tn.gov.in/tcp, the release added.
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The second half of 2022 is underway, and the Reporter-Telegram wanted you to be informed about the bigger stories and events coming.
There will be elections, oil market news and sports events to keep an eye on. Also, community leaders will have full control of the next tax bills, and diving will take center stage at COM Aquatics.
ICYMI: Private school arrests top list of 2022 stories
Don't forget Celebration of the Arts later this month, a fly-in at Midland Airpark in August and St. Ann's Family Fair in September.
November candidate elections
There will be local elections in November for the city, school district and college.
Those on the ballot are:
Midland ISD: District 3 (Tommy Bishop), District 5 (John Trischitti) and District 6 (Rick Davis has indicated he will not run).
Midland College: Place 1 (Steve Kiser), Place 2 (Linda Cowden) and Place 3 (Larry Lawrence).
City of Midland: Mayor (Patrick Payton), District 3 (Jack Ladd Jr.) and District 4 (Lori Blong).
The signup period to put a name on the local ballots is July 25 to Aug. 22.
Tax election?
That remains to be seen. The most likely candidate for a tax election in November is the county, but 2023 might be the better option as time is running out to put an effective campaign together. Leaders have expressed interest in taking another shot at raising the sales tax in the county (outside the city of Midland). The revenue could pay for expenses expected to come like the cost of new or expanded jail facilities.
Academic achievement improvements
The community is still waiting for a peek at STAAR test scores, but internal metrics have Midland ISD officials optimistic that progress will be made. That first look is expected in July and grades for individual campuses are expected in August.
Budget season coming
Tax rates will be determined over the next few months for the fiscal 2022-23 year.
The total combined tax rate for Midland ISD, the city of Midland, Midland County, Midland County Hospital District and Midland College increased 2.1% this fiscal year to $1.742151 (per $100 valuation). The changes in the tax rates increased the average tax bill from 4,654.96 during fiscal year 2020-21 to $5,029.55 for fiscal year 2021-22.
The tax bill does not take into account any homesteads that a property owner may have or be eligible for.
Colgate Energy, Centennial Resources to complete merger
Midland's Colgate Energy and Denver's Centennial Resource Development are expected to complete their merger later this year. When complete, it will create the largest pure-play exploration and production company in the Delaware Basin, an entity valued at $7 billion.
When the acquisition is completed, the company will sport a new name but remain headquartered in Midland with Colgate founders Will Hickey and James Walter will serve as co-chief executive officers.
Fly-in at Airpark
A unique event is being planned for Midland Airpark. A fly-in on Aug. 27 is tentatively scheduled that officials hope will connect Midlanders with their executive airpark in north Midland.
From the Sports page
Bryce Hoppel aims for a world championship
The Midland High grad will be seeking a world championship in the 800 meters when the World Athletics Outdoor Championships takes place July 15-24 in Eugene, Oregon. The Olympian already has medaled at a world championship meet this year when he placed third in the 800 at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, this past March. Hoppel finished fourth at the 2019 outdoor worlds only months after turning pro.
Legacy grad Chase Shores looks to get drafted
Recent Legacy grad Chase Shores should be taken within the first five rounds when the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is held on July 17-19. The 6-foot-8 right-hander is currently ranked No. 92 overall in Baseball America’s draft prospect list that includes all eligible collegiate, JUCO and high school prospects. Shores has another attractive secondary option should he opt not to turn pro, as he has signed to play baseball at LSU. LSU just recently lured Wes Johnson away from his job as Minnesota Twins pitching coach.
Legacy football shoots for a fifth-straight district title.
The Rebels will be gunning for their fifth straight district title this fall. One reason why LHS has a good chance to do it is junior quarterback Marcos Davila, who has been receiving offers left and right this summer. Davila holds Power Five offers from Baylor, Boston College, Indiana, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia. The big question is how the Rebels fare after losing eight of their 11 starters on offense, including New Mexico State signee Makhilyn Young at running back, and Tulane signee Christopher Brazzell at wide receiver.
Save the date
Events
Celebration of the Arts 2022, July 15-16, Midland College
20th annual Centers Stage, Aug. 12, Petroleum Club
Midland County Fair, Aug. 14-20 Horseshoe
Midland Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, Sept. 6
Septemberfest, Sept. 10-11, Museum of the Southwest
AirSho, Sept. 10-11, Midland International Airport
74th St. Ann’s Family Fair, Sept. 22-25
Old Sorehead Trade Days, Oct. 8-9, Stanton
General Election, Nov. 1
State of Education luncheon, Nov. 16
Midland Storytelling Festival, Dec. 1-3
Sports
USA Junior Diving Nationals, July 25-Aug. 3, COM Aquatics
USA Diving US Open, Aug. 5-8, COM Aquatics
Start of high school football season, Aug. 25-27
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- PLUR concluded a treasure hunt with Easter Eggs in their NFT
- PLUR is launching a new Metaverse, TMR.WORLD
- All PLUR Ape Club NFT Owners will gain a free piece of land in TMR.WORLD
NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PLUR, a highly detailed 3D NFT project, has concluded a 28-hour-long treasure hunt where the community worked together to discover encrypted easter eggs in each NFT image that ultimately reveals a new metaverse project, TMR.WORLD.
NFT Inception
After the treasure hunt, the community discovered another NFT within their PLUR Ape Club NFT. This new hidden NFT constitutes a piece of land in TMR.WORLD, making this the first project on the entire Ethereum blockchain to incorporate an NFT inside an NFT. The team has put together massive efforts and time on development and research to focus on the project instead of its profits, showcasing the potential growths of this project.
The Metaverse of Tomorrow
The team looks forward to creating the first metaverse with superb quality graphics along with endless possibilities. TMR.WORLD has determined two directions that can be implemented when the project is established - The voxelization of game content and socialization of gameplay. Game voxelization can effectively solve R&D and content efficiency problems, so as to carry a larger scale of players. The socialization of gameplay is also an attempt under the technical bottleneck of blockchain where PLUR is able to make socializing more fun in gaming.
"We believe that the biggest opportunity in the Metaverse is still in the Gaming industry. However, challenges in the technical efficiency of Web3 still exist, especially in terms of high-concurrency data processing. We hope to connect creators and players to build a strong and vibrant ecosystem, which can bring a better social experience while carrying a larger player scale." said Ejan, Founder of PLUR.
Into The Future
Currently, TMR.WORLD is projected to launch in the first half of 2023. The team is also looking to implement GameFi (Game + Finance) in the future where players will be able to obtain economic incentives, allowing the metaverse to become a play-to-earn game.
About PLUR
PLUR officially launched its NFT collection of 8585 high-definition 3D versions of Apes on May 14, 2022, with free minting to the public. A Livestream was hosted on May 21, 2022, on the REVEAL of PLUR, where the team synchronized 216GB of image resources to the blockchain, averaging each NFT to be approximately 25.74MB. During the next week, launched the easter egg event, creating the first decrypted NFTs in Ethereum history.
About TMR.WORLD
TMR.WORLD is a voxelized metaverse social game that features superb quality graphics, an open world with unlimited possibilities, the ability to create and build beautiful homes for free, and the chance to connect with players all over the world. Creators will then be able to create and own the world with their friends by forming their own town or city along with their own economy, system, culture and civilization. The system of each world is independent but players will be able to access other communities throughout the metaverse.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tredence Inc. today announced it has been named 2022 Microsoft Analytics Partner of the Year Finalist. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
"Tredence is delighted to have been awarded 2022 Microsoft Analytics Partner of the Year Finalist from over 3,900 global nominations. This recognition demonstrates our enduring relationship with Microsoft, passion for excellence and commitment to modernizing our client's businesses with great Data & AI solutions," said Hari Natarajan, EVP & Chief Alliance Officer, Tredence. "As a Microsoft Gold partner, Tredence focuses on last-mile adoption of analytics to help enterprises accelerate their migration to the cloud while reducing costs and maintaining business agility."
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services and devices during the past year. Awards were classified in various categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 3,900 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. Tredence was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in the US.
This year, awards were presented in a variety of categories. Tredence has been named '2022 Microsoft Analytics Partner of the Year Award Finalist'. The company was recognized for providing outstanding work in the Analytics-Labor Planning (Workforce Forecast) category for one of the world's leading water treatment technologies and services providers. The company devised and deployed an Azure-based Data & AI solution to optimize labor planning at their DCs, for daily operations in inbound and outbound logistics. Leveraging Tredence's analytics and forecasting expertise and the power of Microsoft's visualization platform, the customer, could forecast and disseminate the insights to required stakeholders. The solution provided transformational benefits with 90% accuracy for 70% coverage at the day-DC level.
"I am honored to announce the winners and finalists of the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards," said Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft. "These partners were outstanding among the exceptional pool of nominees and I'm continuously impressed by their innovative use of Microsoft Cloud technologies and the impact for their customers."
Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced annually prior to the company's global partner conference, Microsoft Inspire, which will take place on July 19-20 this year.
Additional details on the 2022 awards are available on the Microsoft Partner Network blog: https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/congratulations-to-the-2022-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards-winners-and-finalists/. The complete list of categories, winners and finalists can be found at https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire/awards.
Click here to learn about Tredence's award-winning analytics transformative work.
About Tredence Inc.
Tredence is a global data science solutions provider focused on solving the last mile problem in AI. The 'last mile' is the gap between insight creation and value realization. Headquartered in San Jose, the company embraces a vertical-first approach and an outcome-driven mindset to help clients win and accelerate value realization from their analytics investments. Tredence is a Great Place to Work-Certified and as a 'Leader' in the Forrester Wave: Customer Analytics Services. Tredence is 1,700-plus employees strong with offices in San Jose, Foster City, Chicago, London, Toronto and Bangalore, with the largest companies in retail, CPG, hi-tech, telecom, healthcare, travel and industrials as clients.
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Larry Ruff continues in expanded role as President, rejoins Board of Directors and Monika Vasquez-Pelz joins Fair Trade Advisory Council
OAKLAND, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fair Trade USA announces two leadership changes to support the ongoing expansion of the organization.
Effective immediately, Larry Ruff will serve in the newly restructured President's role at Fair Trade USA. He was recently reappointed to the Board of Directors. Ruff joined Fair Trade in 2020 as President & Chief Operating Officer (COO) after serving five years on the Board. In this elevated position, Ruff will lead Fair Trade USA's transformation efforts to fuel accelerated growth, scale, and significantly greater impact.
"Larry joined Fair Trade USA's senior management team at a tenuous time – just as Covid-19 hit," said Paul Rice, Founder & CEO of Fair Trade. "Larry's leadership helped us navigate some difficult periods and the return to organizational health and growth that we are experiencing today."
Prior to Fair Trade, Ruff held a variety of leadership positions with Levi Strauss & Company in the US and internationally, including Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, Global Marketing Officer, and Managing Director. He currently serves on Cornell University's Leadership Council on Combating Racism and Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, and is a recipient of Cornell University's "Out in Business" – Distinguished Alumni Award (2019) for commitment to LGBTQ+ Community in Business and Society.
Monika Vasquez-Pelz will join Fair Trade USA's Advisory Council where she will help guide the organization to reach its goals of delivering more impact to more communities around the world. A licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and retired Audit Partner with Armanino LLP, Vasquez-Pelz is a subject matter expert in accounting for retail and consumer products, nonprofits, and other industries. She currently provides consulting services through MVP Accounting and Consulting.
"We are excited about these leadership additions and changes," stated Rice. "We welcome Monika to the Advisory Council and look forward to her insight and expertise on the council."
For more information about Fair Trade USA, visit the website.
Contact:
Vernaé Graham
vgraham@fairtradeusa.org
Fair Trade USA offers award-winning, rigorous, and globally recognized sustainable sourcing certification programs that improve livelihoods, protect the environment, and build resilient, transparent supply chains. Fair Trade USA is building an innovative model of responsible business, conscious consumerism, and shared value to eliminate poverty and enable sustainable development for farmers, workers, their families, and communities around the world.
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FUZHOU, China, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (Nasdaq: PME), ("Pingtan" or the "Company"), a fishing company based in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it has received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") dated June 29, 2022, indicating that the Company has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing of its ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
As previously announced, the Company was notified by Nasdaq on June 30, 2021 that the bid price of the Company's ordinary shares for the last 30 consecutive business days has closed below the minimum of $1.00 per share required for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).
On June 29, 2022, Nasdaq provided confirmation to the Company that for the 16 consecutive business days, from June 2 to June 24, 2022, the closing bid price of the Company's common stock has been at $1.00 per share or greater. Accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and this matter is now closed.
About Pingtan
Pingtan is a fishing company that engages in ocean fishing through its subsidiary, Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group Co., Ltd.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains ''forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this press release are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements regarding the Company's compliance with Nasdaq listing rules. Actual results and the timing of relevant events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
CONTACT:
LiMing Yung (Michael)
Chief Financial Officer
Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.
Tel: +86 591 87271753
michaelyung@ptmarine.net
Maggie Li
Investor Relations Manager
Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.
Tel: +86 591 8727 1753
mli@ptmarine.net
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- O'Dwyers, a leading public relations industry publication, has officially released its annual PR rankings, naming 5W Public Relations' home furnishings PR practice area the 8th largest in the U.S. with net fees of $2 million.
5WPR's Home and Houseware division serves notable clients across home, housewares, culinary and lifestyle brands, and most recently announced the creation of a Direct to Consumer (D2C) Home and Houseware Division as an extension of the Home and Houseware practice group.
"The home and houseware industry continues to experience heightened interest from consumers who have shifted to spending more time at home, and as a result set out to revamp their living spaces," said 5WPR CEO, Dara A. Busch. "Our 2022 Consumer Culture Report found that home goods and furniture were among the top three areas consumers are looking to splurge on their purchases, and we predict consumers will continue to spend heavily in this area for the next couple of years."
5W Public Relations helps consumer products and brands build strong, authentic relationships with customers. PR services offered to consumer good clients include messaging and positioning, media relations, influencer relations, product launches, new market expansion campaigns, executive visibility programs, fundraising announcements, content creation, sponsorships/partnerships, digital media campaigns, thought leadership and speaking opportunities.
About 5WPR
5W Public Relations is a full-service PR agency in NYC known for cutting-edge programs that engage with businesses, issues and ideas. With more than 275 professionals serving clients in B2C (Beauty & Fashion, Consumer Brands, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Travel & Hospitality, Technology, Nonprofit), B2B (Corporate Communications and Reputation Management), Public Affairs, Crisis Communications and Digital Marketing (Social Media, Influencer, Paid Media, SEO). 5W was named to Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces 2022 list, awarded 2020 PR Agency of The Year, and brings leading businesses a resourceful, bold and results-driven approach to communication.
Media Contact
Dara A. Busch
dbusch@5wpr.com / 212-999-5585
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Introducing the best sandwiches in Subway history: The Subway Series is now available nationwide, an all-new menu that builds on last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh
MILFORD, Conn., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subway® restaurants today unveiled the Subway Series, a lineup of 12 all-new signature sandwiches ordered by name or number. These new mouthwatering sandwiches are the perfect combination of meat, cheese, vegetables, sauce and freshly baked bread, allowing guests to explore new options beyond their beloved build-your-own customization. To celebrate the most significant menu update in its nearly 60-year history, Subway is inviting America to experience these perfect signature subs on July 12, as it gives away up to one million free Subway Series sandwiches.
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The all-new Subway Series continues the transformation journey Subway began last summer with the Eat Fresh® Refresh which introduced more than 20 new and refreshed ingredients to its menu. Since then, Subway's team of culinary experts spent more than a year applying six decades of sandwich skill and testing hundreds of recipes to create the 12 sandwiches that earned a coveted spot on The Subway Series menu. Each recipe is crafted to deliver maximum crave and highlight the brand's refreshed ingredients in new and unexpected ways. Subway has also introduced a new menu and ordering system that makes it easier for guests to order. Instead of picking your ingredients and toppings throughout the ordering process, guests simply say a sandwich number or name and six-inch or footlong.
While guests are still able to order their go-to customized classic, Subway is encouraging fans across America to try the best sandwich they've never created. On July 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. local time, up to one million free 6-inch Subway Series subs will be offered across the nation. Guests have the opportunity to visit a participating Subway location during this timeframe and pick one free sandwich from the 12 new Subway Series sandwiches.
"The Subway Series is the most ambitious undertaking in company history, as we are changing the nearly 60-year-old blueprint that helped make Subway a global phenomenon," said Trevor Haynes, President, North America at Subway. "Last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh laid the foundation to build a better Subway, and now the Subway Series enhances the entire Subway guest experience – proof that we continue to improve and get way better. Whether you leave the sandwich-making to us or are craving your custom creation, there are more reasons than ever to make Subway your dining destination."
Each of the Subway Series sandwich recipes brings out the best of Subway, using the best bread, protein and add-ons in the brand's history. Complementary flavors and an expertly crafted balance of proteins, cheese, sauces and fresh vegetables are designed to maximize taste and crave. The Subway Series menu is divided into four categories with three sandwiches each:
- Cheesesteaks: #1 The Philly, #2 The Outlaw™, #3 The Monster™
- Italianos: #4 Supreme Meats, #5 Bella Mozza, #6 The Boss
- Chicken: #7 The MexiCali, #8 The Great Garlic™, #9 The Champ™
- Clubs: #10 All-American Club®, #11 Subway Club®, #12 Turkey Cali Club™
For more information, please visit newsroom.subway.com
About Subway® Restaurants
As one of the world's largest quick service restaurant brands, Subway serves freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across more than 100 countries in more than 37,000 restaurants every day. Subway restaurants are owned and operated by Subway® franchisees – a network that includes more than 20,000 dedicated entrepreneurs and small business owners – who are committed to delivering the best guest experience possible in their local communities.
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CHENGDU, China, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Senmiao Technology Limited ("Senmiao" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: AIHS), a financing and servicing company focusing on the online ride-hailing industry in China as well as an operator of its own online ride-hailing platform, today announced the launch of its proprietary online ride-hailing platform for drivers in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province.
Senmiao launched its online ride-hailing platform in Harbin on June 30, 2022. With the addition of Harbin, Senmiao's platform is now available in 21 cities across China, including six cities in Sichuan Province and 15 major cities in other provinces in China.
With a population of approximately 9.9 million, Harbin is the political, economic and cultural center in Northeast China and also a mega city coming first in the area of land under jurisdiction and coming third in registered population among the provincial cities in China. Harbin possesses rich historical, cultural and tourism resources, and is also known as the "Ice City" of China. Harbin is an international comprehensive transportation hub, an important industrial manufacturing base, and a central city for border development.
Xi Wen, Senmiao's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased to continue strengthening our partnership with Gaode Map (AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd.) with the launch of our platform in Harbin, marking the eighth provincial city that Senmiao serves in China. Following our launch in Shenyang, this presents the growing opportunities for us to expand our business in Northeast China, and we look forward to providing quality online ride-hailing services to the people in Harbin. We expect to continue to launch our platform in other major cities with growth potential, which we anticipate will help improve cash flow in the coming quarters."
About Senmiao Technology Limited
Headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Senmiao provides automobile transaction and related services including sales of automobiles, facilitation and services for automobile purchases, financing, management, operating leases, guarantees and other automobile transaction services as well as operates its own ride-hailing platform aimed principally at the growing online ride-hailing market in Senmiao's areas of operation in China. For more information about Senmiao, please visit: http://www.senmiaotech.com. Senmiao routinely provides important updates on its website.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements (including those relating to the operation of Senmiao's ride-hailing platform) are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those detailed from time to time in the Senmiao's filings with the SEC, and represent Senmiao's views only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing Senmiao's views as of any subsequent date. Senmiao undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in events or circumstances.
For more information, please contact:
At the Company:
Yiye Zhou
Email: edom333@ihongsen.com
Phone: +86 28 6155 4399
Investor Relations:
The Equity Group Inc. In China
Carolyne Sohn, Vice President Lucy Ma, Associate
+1 415-568-2255 +86 10 5661 7012
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PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of animal rights activists dressed as dinosaurs were chased by fellow activists through the streets of the Spanish city of Pamplona on Tuesday to protest alleged animal cruelty in the world famous San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival.
In the protest Tuesday, the dinosaurs were supposed to represent bulls and the mob behind the San Fermín revelers. The activists carried placards reading, "Bullfighting is Prehistoric." They said the point was to show runs could be lighthearted and held without any cruelty to animals.
It was the 18th annual protest led by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, and the Spanish NGO AnimalNaturalis. The protests are normally held a day before the festival gets underway with the traditional “chupinazo” firework blast at midday in Pamplona’s town hall square. The runs begin Thursday.
“Bullfighting is the long ritualized execution of bulls and many tourists who come to the bull-runs don’t actually realize that the same bulls they're running down a couple of streets with are later killed in the bullring that day,” said Chelsea Monroe, PETA senior digital campaign officer.
“They’re stabbed over and over again for 20 minutes until they’re dead,” said Monroe. “We want the tourists to know that their money is supporting this really cruel industry.”
The protests do little to dampen enthusiasm for San Fermín, which normally sees Pamplona's population of 200,000 balloon to some 1 milllion during peak days of the nine-day festival.
The festival was suspended for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities fear crowd activities at the festival may lead to a major increase in infections this year as well.
The festival highlight is the early morning “encierro,” or run, which sees thousands of people running like mad to avoid six bulls as they charge along a winding, cobblestoned route to the city’s bullring.
The rest of each day is for eating, drinking, dancing, and cultural entertainment.
The six bulls are invariably killed in bullfights each afternoon during the festival
“The debate over the future of bullfighting in Spain has never been so alive and the authorities must take a clear stance,” said Jana Uritz of AnimalNaturalis in a statement. "We demand the necessary courage from them to say whether they favor animal torture or, on the contrary, are ready to prohibit such barbarities.”
Bullfighting is still immensely popular in Spain although the movement against it has gained much momentum in recent years. Bullfighting is banned only in the Canary Islands although it is not practiced much, or at all, in some other regions such as Catalonia and the Balearic Islands that include Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza.
The animal rights groups cite Culture Ministry figures, saying 90% of Spaniards did not attend any festival event involving bulls in 2014-2015, the last year the issue was surveyed. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Activists-protest-over-Spain-s-San-Fermin-17284780.php | 2022-07-05T14:12:22Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Activists-protest-over-Spain-s-San-Fermin-17284780.php | false |
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of La Mesa, Calif.-based Wrightman, Inc., doing business as Surety Associates of Southern California Insurance Services (SASC). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2010, SASC is a surety bond agency serving clients across California, Arizona and Nevada. Cyndi Beilman and her associates will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of Scott Firestone, head of Gallagher's Southwest region retail property/casualty brokerage operations.
"SACS is a well-known, well-established surety bond agency that will further enhance our surety presence in the Southwest Region," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO. "I am very pleased to welcome Cyndi and her associates to Gallagher."
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in approximately 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
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Introducing the best sandwiches in Subway history: The Subway Series is now available nationwide, an all-new menu that builds on last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh
MILFORD, Conn., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subway® restaurants today unveiled the Subway Series, a lineup of 12 all-new signature sandwiches ordered by name or number. These new mouthwatering sandwiches are the perfect combination of meat, cheese, vegetables, sauce and freshly baked bread, allowing guests to explore new options beyond their beloved build-your-own customization. To celebrate the most significant menu update in its nearly 60-year history, Subway is inviting America to experience these perfect signature subs on July 12, as it gives away up to one million free Subway Series sandwiches.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9060051-subway-new-signature-sandwiches-subway-series/
The all-new Subway Series continues the transformation journey Subway began last summer with the Eat Fresh® Refresh which introduced more than 20 new and refreshed ingredients to its menu. Since then, Subway's team of culinary experts spent more than a year applying six decades of sandwich skill and testing hundreds of recipes to create the 12 sandwiches that earned a coveted spot on The Subway Series menu. Each recipe is crafted to deliver maximum crave and highlight the brand's refreshed ingredients in new and unexpected ways. Subway has also introduced a new menu and ordering system that makes it easier for guests to order. Instead of picking your ingredients and toppings throughout the ordering process, guests simply say a sandwich number or name and six-inch or footlong.
While guests are still able to order their go-to customized classic, Subway is encouraging fans across America to try the best sandwich they've never created. On July 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. local time, up to one million free 6-inch Subway Series subs will be offered across the nation. Guests have the opportunity to visit a participating Subway location during this timeframe and pick one free sandwich from the 12 new Subway Series sandwiches.
"The Subway Series is the most ambitious undertaking in company history, as we are changing the nearly 60-year-old blueprint that helped make Subway a global phenomenon," said Trevor Haynes, President, North America at Subway. "Last summer's Eat Fresh Refresh laid the foundation to build a better Subway, and now the Subway Series enhances the entire Subway guest experience – proof that we continue to improve and get way better. Whether you leave the sandwich-making to us or are craving your custom creation, there are more reasons than ever to make Subway your dining destination."
Each of the Subway Series sandwich recipes brings out the best of Subway, using the best bread, protein and add-ons in the brand's history. Complementary flavors and an expertly crafted balance of proteins, cheese, sauces and fresh vegetables are designed to maximize taste and crave. The Subway Series menu is divided into four categories with three sandwiches each:
- Cheesesteaks: #1 The Philly, #2 The Outlaw™, #3 The Monster™
- Italianos: #4 Supreme Meats, #5 Bella Mozza, #6 The Boss
- Chicken: #7 The MexiCali, #8 The Great Garlic™, #9 The Champ™
- Clubs: #10 All-American Club®, #11 Subway Club®, #12 Turkey Cali Club™
For more information, please visit newsroom.subway.com
About Subway® Restaurants
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thompson Thrift Residential, a wholly-owned company of Indianapolis-based Thompson Thrift, announced today the sale of The Retreat, a 324-unit multifamily community located in The District of Timbergate area of Corpus Christi. A private real estate investment firm purchased the community for an undisclosed amount.
"The Retreat's location within the highly acclaimed Corpus Christi Independent School District along with its premium access to nearby employers, retail and entertainment generated significant interest from multiple parties," said Josh Purvis, managing partner for Thompson Thrift Residential. "We are pleased to have been able to execute our business plan and reach our investment goals for this community."
Completed in 2017, the 96% leased community features 14 three-story buildings providing 324 apartment homes with a variety of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. The well-appointed homes include granite countertops, nine- to 10-foot ceilings, full-sized washer and dryers, soaking tubs, private balconies and detached garages. The Retreat also provides an array of community amenities including a resort-style swimming pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, clubhouse, technology center, movie lounge, gaming den, parcel pending package acceptance, and onsite bark park and pet spa.
The community's location at 15721 Timbergate Drive is close to Highway 358 and provides residents with convenient access to numerous retailers at the La Palmera Shopping District as well as major employers including the Port of Corpus Christi, First Data Corporation, Texas A&M, Bay LTD and Eagle Ford Shale.
Kelly Witherspoon, Justin Cole and Adam Sumrall with Berkadia brokered the sale.
About Thompson Thrift Real Estate Company
Thompson Thrift is an integrated full-service real estate company with offices in Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana, Houston and Phoenix. Three business units drive Thompson Thrift's success—Thompson Thrift Residential which is focused on upscale Class A multifamily communities and luxury leased homes, Thompson Thrift Commercial which is focused on ground-up commercial development, and Thompson Thrift Construction, a full-service construction company. Through these business units, Thompson Thrift is engaged in all aspects of acquisition, development, construction, leasing, and management of quality multifamily, mixed-use, retail, industrial and commercial projects across the country. We are passionate about our customer's success and strive to ensure our projects not only meet the needs of our customers but also the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.thompsonthrift.com
Contact:
Jennifer Franklin
Spotlight Marketing Communications
949.427.1385
jennifer@spotlightmarcom.com
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CHENGDU, China, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Senmiao Technology Limited ("Senmiao" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: AIHS), a financing and servicing company focusing on the online ride-hailing industry in China as well as an operator of its own online ride-hailing platform, today announced the launch of its proprietary online ride-hailing platform for drivers in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province.
Senmiao launched its online ride-hailing platform in Harbin on June 30, 2022. With the addition of Harbin, Senmiao's platform is now available in 21 cities across China, including six cities in Sichuan Province and 15 major cities in other provinces in China.
With a population of approximately 9.9 million, Harbin is the political, economic and cultural center in Northeast China and also a mega city coming first in the area of land under jurisdiction and coming third in registered population among the provincial cities in China. Harbin possesses rich historical, cultural and tourism resources, and is also known as the "Ice City" of China. Harbin is an international comprehensive transportation hub, an important industrial manufacturing base, and a central city for border development.
Xi Wen, Senmiao's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased to continue strengthening our partnership with Gaode Map (AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd.) with the launch of our platform in Harbin, marking the eighth provincial city that Senmiao serves in China. Following our launch in Shenyang, this presents the growing opportunities for us to expand our business in Northeast China, and we look forward to providing quality online ride-hailing services to the people in Harbin. We expect to continue to launch our platform in other major cities with growth potential, which we anticipate will help improve cash flow in the coming quarters."
About Senmiao Technology Limited
Headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Senmiao provides automobile transaction and related services including sales of automobiles, facilitation and services for automobile purchases, financing, management, operating leases, guarantees and other automobile transaction services as well as operates its own ride-hailing platform aimed principally at the growing online ride-hailing market in Senmiao's areas of operation in China. For more information about Senmiao, please visit: http://www.senmiaotech.com. Senmiao routinely provides important updates on its website.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements (including those relating to the operation of Senmiao's ride-hailing platform) are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those detailed from time to time in the Senmiao's filings with the SEC, and represent Senmiao's views only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing Senmiao's views as of any subsequent date. Senmiao undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in events or circumstances.
For more information, please contact:
At the Company:
Yiye Zhou
Email: edom333@ihongsen.com
Phone: +86 28 6155 4399
Investor Relations:
The Equity Group Inc. In China
Carolyne Sohn, Vice President Lucy Ma, Associate
+1 415-568-2255 +86 10 5661 7012
csohn@equityny.com lma@equityny.com
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Acquisition accelerates corporate access to talent and broadens adoption of edtech solutions
NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vault-Firsthand today announced the acquisition of CareerEco, the pioneers in the virtual events market. Having hosted career fairs, admission events, and customer corporate engagements for more than a decade, CareerEco offers a scalable, secure self-service platform that can be integrated into long-term hybrid recruiting efforts across national and international markets. As a first-mover in the virtual recruiting space, CareerEco wrote the playbook on leveraging technology to extend candidate access. Remaining a trusted and preferred platform for universities and employers to experience authentic and personal conversations, CareerEco provides access for students, alumni, and career seekers to accelerate their professional goals.
Vault-Firsthand helps students and professionals discover their best career path by providing industry-leading guides, rankings, and content that is centered around verified employee information and firsthand experiences. Universities showcase the Vault-Firsthand content through their career and alumni services groups, while corporate customers build in-depth profiles to highlight their firms to more than 20 million career seekers. The acquisition will allow Vault-Firsthand to leverage the CareerEco platform across its current customer base while enabling cross-selling opportunities and feature enhancements across the broader education clients of its parent company, Infobase.
Gayle Oliver-Plath, founder and CEO of CareerEco, explains the powerful alignment between Vault-Firsthand and CareerEco, "With this partnership, we now can offer students critical career intelligence, deeper employer and graduate school insights, and robust mentoring tools. Together our companies can unify our solutions to better empower university and employer partners while uniquely serving the needs of career seekers and student users navigating pivotal life choices."
While remote and hybrid workplaces have become a more permanent part of our lives, the event industry has also transitioned—with virtual events delivering new reach, scale, cost-effectiveness, and measurable impact. Seventy percent of HR professionals see virtual recruiting as a practice that is here to stay, and more than 90% of higher education professionals plan to incorporate virtual career events going forward.
Eric Stutzke, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Vault-Firsthand, also commented, "Gayle and her team have built an incredible application and have a top-notch reputation in the virtual events industry. As the global workforce continues to diversify and break geographic barriers, we are committed to providing our customers with best-in-class solutions that allow them to broadcast their message and events in a more efficient way, while facilitating meaningful connections across the globe."
About Vault-Firsthand
Headquartered in New York, NY, Vault-Firsthand, an Infobase Company, is the world's leading source of career intelligence. Through its verified employer information and Firsthand career engagement platform, career seekers discover, verify, and connect with future employers. Since 1996, Vault-Firsthand has launched careers and elevated professionals into positions of success through providing trusted industry rankings and guides, Vault Law, and mentorship experiences, as well as through the new CareerEco virtual events platform.
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- Conference Call Scheduled for Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 9:00am ET -
KFAR SAVA, Israel, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ: SILC), an industry-leading provider of high-performance server/appliances networking solutions, announced today that it will be releasing its second quarter 2022 results on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
The Company will be hosting a conference call that same day at 9:00am Eastern Time. On the call, management will review and discuss the results, and will also be available to answer investors' questions.
To participate, investors may either listen via a webcast link hosted on Silicom's website or via the dial-in. The link will be under the investor relations' webcast section of Silicom's website at https://www.silicom-usa.com/webcasts/
For those that wish to dial in via telephone, one of the following teleconferencing numbers may be used:
US: 1 866 860 9642
ISRAEL: 03 918 0609
INTERNATIONAL: +972 3 918 0609
At: 9:00am Eastern Time, 6:00am Pacific Time, 4:00pm Israel Time
It is advised to connect to the conference call a few minutes before the start.
For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay of the call will be available for three months from the day after the call under the above-mentioned webcast section of Silicom's website.
About Silicom
Silicom Ltd. is an industry-leading provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions. Designed primarily to improve performance and efficiency in Cloud and Data Center environments, Silicom's solutions increase throughput, decrease latency and boost the performance of servers and networking appliances, the infrastructure backbone that enables advanced Cloud architectures and leading technologies like NFV, SD-WAN and Cyber Security. Our innovative solutions for high-density networking, high-speed fabric switching, offloading and acceleration, which utilize a range of cutting-edge silicon technologies as well as FPGA-based solutions, are ideal for scaling-up and scaling-out cloud infrastructures.
Silicom products are used by major Cloud players, service providers, telcos and OEMs as components of their infrastructure offerings, including both add-on adapters in the Data Center and stand-alone virtualized/universal CPE devices at the edge.
Silicom's long-term, trusted relationships with more than 200 customers throughout the world, its more than 400 active Design Wins and more than 300 product SKUs have made Silicom a "go-to" connectivity/performance partner of choice for technology leaders around the globe.
For more information, please visit: www.silicom.co.il
Statements in this press release which are not historical data are forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, or other factors not under the company's control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from the results, performance, or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, Silicom's increasing dependence for substantial revenue growth on a limited number of customers in the evolving cloud-based, SD-WAN, NFV and Edge markets, the speed and extent to which solutions are adopted by these markets, likelihood that Silicom will rely increasingly on customers which provide solutions in these evolving markets, resulting in an increasing dependence on a smaller number of larger customers, difficulty in commercializing and marketing of Silicom's products and services, maintaining and protecting brand recognition, protection of intellectual property, competition, disruptions to our manufacturing and development along with general disruptions to the entire world economy relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and other factors detailed in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words, such as "expects," "should," "believes," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. In light of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the company that it will achieve such forward-looking statements. The company disclaims any duty to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Company Contact:
Eran Gilad
CFO
Silicom Ltd.
Tel: +972-9-764-4555
E-mail: erang@silicom.co.il
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Ehud Helft
Tel: +1 212 378 8040
E-mail: silicom@gkir.com
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Barbara A. Trish, Grinnell College
(THE CONVERSATION) For the past few election cycles, the quartet of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina has had a lock on the early spots in the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process.
But that may be about to change.
Like clockwork every four years, Democrats hunker down to tweak their rules for presidential nomination, and right now they’re finely tuning the 2024 calendar. The party has routinely pinned its hopes on nomination rules to pave the way for a November win.
As a longtime scholar of the presidential nomination process, I have observed that the rules battles aim to find that sweet spot that is likely to churn out a nominee with broad appeal both within the party and outside of it.
The party needs to balance the legitimacy that comes with a process making it easy for average Democrats to insert their voices with the safety valve that lets savvy party insiders weigh in on the selection. All those pieces must produce a process long enough to ensure real competition, but not so long that internal party fences can’t be mended well in advance of the general election.
This time around, the Democratic National Committee is targeting that mix of states that will start the nomination process, hoping for something better than what’s been in place. It’s taken the unusual step of setting up a competition among state parties to help it set the 2024 calendar. Sixteen states and Puerto Rico just made their pitches to the national party to be among the first to hold contests, with a decision expected later this summer.
It’s tempting to flag this all as a ploy to dislodge the Iowa caucuses from their leadoff role, a position they’ve held since 1972. In fact, Iowa’s claim on that privileged position is very much at risk, especially given its 2020 caucus counting fiasco, which I detail in my book, “Inside the Bubble.”
Going early matters because it gives Democrats in those states a larger voice in the nomination. Candidates flock to the early states, interacting with voters and sometimes tailoring their policy appeals to the needs unique to a state. The first contests don’t determine who will win, but they typically knock some candidates out of the running.
Who gets to choose?
The two major U.S. parties are federal in nature, their organizational structures reflecting the array of elective offices for which they compete, from county sheriff to the president. Even so, the national party is well positioned to call the shots at the state level, shored up by a now decadesold Supreme Court decision establishing the national party’s superiority over state parties.
The national committee has kept control over the calendar for a long time, starting down that path when it overhauled nomination rules after the contentious 1968 Democratic national convention. The package of reforms, implemented first in 1972, sought to take presidential nominations out of the proverbial back room and make them more open, more democratic.
Technically, at the primaries and caucuses, voters select the delegates who support the presidential candidate they favor. At the party convention, the candidate with the majority of delegates wins the nomination.
Before the 1972 reforms, delegate selection wasn’t always tied to outcomes in primaries and caucuses. According to nomination expert Elaine Kamarck, 25% of 1968’s presidential delegates were selected in 1967, well before what’s now considered the formal start of the nomination race.
From caucuses to primaries
Under the initial terms of the 1972 reforms, the national party didn’t limit how early in the election year a state could hold its nomination contest. That Iowa went first in 1972, though, was not so much a deliberate move for positioning as an unintentional byproduct of another national party rule.
The reformed system, in the interest of allowing time to publicize contests, required 30 days’ notice of delegate selection contests. That meant Iowa had to start early, since the state’s process involved a series of contests, not just the prominent precinct caucuses. But Iowa started even earlier than dictated by the new rules, essentially because of a fluke involving high demand on hotel rooms.
By 1980, Iowa had secured its role as the first caucus and New Hampshire was designated as the first primary. For that election cycle, the Democratic National Committee imposed a rule condensing nomination contests into a 13-week window, beginning in early March. But then-President Jimmy Carter, seeking reelection and with sway over his party, pushed for an exception for Iowa and New Hampshire, states that had jump-started his 1976 campaign and might serve as a firewall. The national committee ultimately granted the exception.
Back in the 1970s, the Democratic National Committee had no beef with caucuses, and more states held caucuses than primaries. They were seen as settings for deliberation and activist engagement.
But in 2022, caucuses are under fire for being exclusionary, and most states hold primaries. The switch from caucuses to primaries in the 1970s and 1980s was largely an unanticipated consequence of the initial reform, because complying with those new rules from 1972 was easier with primaries than caucuses. In 2020, the Democratic National Committee pushed states to expand the use of primaries, asserting that they are more inclusive, transparent and accessible than caucuses.
Losing sway
The irony is that in moving to a primary, a party relinquishes power.
Caucuses are party-run and party-financed events, while primaries are state-run party elections. In an era dominated by Republican-controlled state legislatures, some of which have passed restrictive voting laws, Democratic primary states put themselves at the mercy of the opposition party.
This summer’s actions by the Democratic National Committee could shake up the 2024 calendar. Iowa’s at risk of losing its privileged position, but so far the committee hasn’t guaranteed any state an exception to the 13-week window. The committee says that up to five states will be able to hold contests before the window begins. The other three traditional early-goers, I believe, are positioned a little better than Iowa to nab one of the early slots.
There’s no reason to think that White House pressure would prevail as it has in the past, but if so, the “gut punch” Iowa delivered to then-candidate Biden in 2020 and his “resurrection” in South Carolina would likely carry weight in the deliberations.
Iowa Democrats submitted their proposal to the Democratic National Committee in early June 2022, describing a process that retains the caucus label yet complies with stated committee criteria of fairness, transparency and inclusivity. Notably, Iowa’s new plan provides for a period for participants to express presidential preferences before the actual caucuses, meaning there would be a way for voters to participate without attending the caucuses. This would make the process a little more inclusive.
A final decision on which states will be able to hold early contests is expected from the Democratic National Committee in early September.
Whatever the shape of the new calendar, it’s a safe bet that things won’t play out precisely as planned, given that unanticipated consequences have marked the party’s reform efforts in the past.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaultavo Inc., a fintech start-up that has developed a ground-breaking crypto custody solution for institutions and individuals to debut in the second half of 2022, has appointed Feintuch Communications as its global public relations agency of record.
Vaultavo's crypto custody solution will offer digital currency holders the protection of cold storage security while offering the ease of access of credit or debit cards for transactions.
The global cryptocurrency exchange market, which is expected to hit $4.94 billion by 2030, is hamstrung by the vulnerability of online trading, transacting and protection of digital assets. In fact, criminal hackers stole approximately $3.2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2021 – which is six times more than in 2020.
"Our solution, designed by an experienced team of payment technology, blockchain and IT professionals, will offer the industry's most comprehensive combination of security and ease of access that will overcome these roadblocks to the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies," said Philip Meyer, CEO, Vaultavo. "We selected the Feintuch Communications team to bring us to market based on its solid experience with start-ups and past success in the fintech, blockchain, banking and payment technology sectors."
"Vaultavo's highly experienced team, many of whom who have worked successfully together in other fintech organizations, have set their sights on addressing the major crypto custody challenge facing the global cryptocurrency marketplace," said Henry Feintuch, president, Feintuch Communications. "We look forward to helping its management team to implement a broad business, financial and trade communications campaign that will enable them to quickly gain traction with their groundbreaking solution."
Feintuch Communications' Vaultavo team is led by Feintuch and Liz Savery, vice president. The full team has represented numerous organizations in fintech and e-commerce including ClassWallet, SurgePays, Klarna, Splitit, Optimal Payments and BorderX Lab.
About Vaultavo Inc.
Vaultavo Inc. (www.vaultavo.com), based in New York and with facilities in London and staff in Hong Kong, South Africa and Malta, is a fintech start-up focused on developing a crypto custody solution to support the mass adoption of digital currencies by institutions and individuals. The company's solution addresses the vulnerability of online trading, transacting and protection of digital assets. Scheduled for introduction in the second half of 2022, Vaultavo will offer digital currency holders the protection of cold storage security but with the ease of access to their crypto assets akin to their use of a credit or debit card.
About Feintuch Communications
Feintuch Communications (www.feintuchcommunications.com), based in New York City, is an award-winning strategic relations firm offering clients an integrated blend of public relations, advertising/marketing, investor relations and other services to meet their business objectives. A founding partner of PR World Alliance (www.prworldalliance.com), the firm specializes in B2B and B2C programs with a focus in technology, financial services, adtech and media, AV and clean tech. Feintuch Communications prides itself on its strong service ethic, senior counsel and hands-on support.
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Larry Ruff continues in expanded role as President, rejoins Board of Directors and Monika Vasquez-Pelz joins Fair Trade Advisory Council
OAKLAND, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fair Trade USA announces two leadership changes to support the ongoing expansion of the organization.
Effective immediately, Larry Ruff will serve in the newly restructured President's role at Fair Trade USA. He was recently reappointed to the Board of Directors. Ruff joined Fair Trade in 2020 as President & Chief Operating Officer (COO) after serving five years on the Board. In this elevated position, Ruff will lead Fair Trade USA's transformation efforts to fuel accelerated growth, scale, and significantly greater impact.
"Larry joined Fair Trade USA's senior management team at a tenuous time – just as Covid-19 hit," said Paul Rice, Founder & CEO of Fair Trade. "Larry's leadership helped us navigate some difficult periods and the return to organizational health and growth that we are experiencing today."
Prior to Fair Trade, Ruff held a variety of leadership positions with Levi Strauss & Company in the US and internationally, including Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, Global Marketing Officer, and Managing Director. He currently serves on Cornell University's Leadership Council on Combating Racism and Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, and is a recipient of Cornell University's "Out in Business" – Distinguished Alumni Award (2019) for commitment to LGBTQ+ Community in Business and Society.
Monika Vasquez-Pelz will join Fair Trade USA's Advisory Council where she will help guide the organization to reach its goals of delivering more impact to more communities around the world. A licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and retired Audit Partner with Armanino LLP, Vasquez-Pelz is a subject matter expert in accounting for retail and consumer products, nonprofits, and other industries. She currently provides consulting services through MVP Accounting and Consulting.
"We are excited about these leadership additions and changes," stated Rice. "We welcome Monika to the Advisory Council and look forward to her insight and expertise on the council."
For more information about Fair Trade USA, visit the website.
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Leader in Mid-Market Account Receivable Management Software Expands Executive Team & Releases New Products
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tesorio, an accounts receivable management platform, today announces $17 million in Series B funding led by BAMCAP Ventures, a VC group formed by accomplished company builders and investors. The round includes participation from existing investors Madrona Venture Group, First Round Capital, Floodgate, FundersClub, Hillsven, Mango Capital, and Xplorer Capital, plus new investors Susan and Anne Wojcicki and Carao Ventures. New board members include Jim Sheward from BAMCAP (former CEO of Fiberlink acquired by IBM), Rob Hull (founder of Adaptive Insights acquired by Workday), and Scott Torrey who joins as Executive Chairman (former CEO of Payscale & CRO of SAP Concur).
The funding follows a third consecutive year of triple-digit revenue growth. Tesorio enables its customers to turn their revenue into cash. In a rapidly changing world of rising inflation and higher interest rates where cash is king, its platform is even more critical since teams need a solution that has an impact in days, not months.
To capitalize on this opportunity, Tesorio is focusing this round on expansion of Go-to-Market efforts with new leadership that includes Chief Sales Officer Mark Bartlett, who brings 20+ years of sales experience from Concur, BlackLine, SAP and Navis, and VP of Marketing George Coughlin, with 20+ years of marketing experience from Adaptive Insights and Intuit.
Today, companies manage over [$23Bn] in invoices a year with Tesorio. A/R teams at companies like Slack, Box, Veeva Systems, Twilio, and Domo trust Tesorio to connect to their ERP and CRM in minutes, get live in five days, and trained in 30 days. They see ROI within two months as their collections productivity doubles, Days Sales Outstanding drops by up to 33 days, and cash forecasting accuracy improves. Tesorio's Platform includes collections automation, a comprehensive collections dashboard, customizable dunning, dynamic workspace functionality, and streamlined payments.
"Our customers say, 'revenue isn't real until it gets paid.' We make capital-efficient growth a reality, which is now more important than ever," shared Tesorio's CEO & Co-Founder Carlos R. Vega. "This round gives us the leadership and backing to take our A/R product customers love and become the leading cash flow performance platform for mid-market accounting teams."
"Having the right tools in place is a critical first step for any accounting and finance team to unlock all the cash sitting in their receivables. We were drawn to Tesorio by its product traction, customer-first mindset, and how critical this platform is even in a down cycle when capital is more valuable," said Jim Sheward, Partner at BAMCAP Ventures.
Tesorio is also announcing two new products called A/R Forecast and Cash Application. A/R Forecast is the single place for predicting, planning, and reporting on A/R cash inflows. Cash Application enables teams to streamline recording of payments and invoice clearing so they can better focus on strategic accounts.
"Since I received early access, I've used Tesorio AR Forecasting on a daily basis. I like being able to drive reporting enablement and not having to manually build out forecasts for each week by agent. Tesorio empowers my team to get the information they need without spreadsheets and my managers love the on demand reporting," Sarah McCauley, Director of Billing & Accounts Receivable at GitLab.
To learn more about Tesorio, visit https://www.tesorio.com/live-demo.
Tesorio is revolutionizing the way B2B businesses manage their Accounts Receivables. Tesorio's Accounts Receivable platform replaces tedious and manual collections processes with accurate, real-time predictions, optimized workflows, and actionable insights based on behavioral trends. Accounting teams are empowered to achieve breakthrough cash flow performance and predictability while improving customer experience and relationships. Tesorio is trusted by the world's best finance teams at companies like Slack, Box, Veeva Systems, Twilio, Domo, and others. The company has raised a total of $37.6 million in funding to date from investors such as BAMCAP, First Round Capital, Floodgate, Madrona Venture Group, and Y Combinator.
For more information, visit https://www.tesorio.com/.
BAMCAP is a tight-knit VC group formed by accomplished entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and finance professionals. The group's 4 seasoned GPs have now been investing with excellent results for a decade. More broadly, the members of BAMCAP constitute a far-ranging international network, providing expert insight and valuable business development support. BAMCAP presently supports a thriving set of ventures based on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to Tesorio, the BAMCAP portfolio includes HighLevel, Homie, Minoan, Unispectral, TechMet, as well as med tech standouts Affera and Lexington Medical.
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PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of animal rights activists dressed as dinosaurs were chased by fellow activists through the streets of the Spanish city of Pamplona on Tuesday to protest alleged animal cruelty in the world famous San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival.
In the protest Tuesday, the dinosaurs were supposed to represent bulls and the mob behind the San Fermín revelers. The activists carried placards reading, "Bullfighting is Prehistoric." They said the point was to show runs could be lighthearted and held without any cruelty to animals.
It was the 18th annual protest led by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, and the Spanish NGO AnimalNaturalis. The protests are normally held a day before the festival gets underway with the traditional “chupinazo” firework blast at midday in Pamplona’s town hall square. The runs begin Thursday.
“Bullfighting is the long ritualized execution of bulls and many tourists who come to the bull-runs don’t actually realize that the same bulls they're running down a couple of streets with are later killed in the bullring that day,” said Chelsea Monroe, PETA senior digital campaign officer.
“They’re stabbed over and over again for 20 minutes until they’re dead,” said Monroe. “We want the tourists to know that their money is supporting this really cruel industry.”
The protests do little to dampen enthusiasm for San Fermín, which normally sees Pamplona's population of 200,000 balloon to some 1 milllion during peak days of the nine-day festival.
The festival was suspended for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities fear crowd activities at the festival may lead to a major increase in infections this year as well.
The festival highlight is the early morning “encierro,” or run, which sees thousands of people running like mad to avoid six bulls as they charge along a winding, cobblestoned route to the city’s bullring.
The rest of each day is for eating, drinking, dancing, and cultural entertainment.
The six bulls are invariably killed in bullfights each afternoon during the festival
“The debate over the future of bullfighting in Spain has never been so alive and the authorities must take a clear stance,” said Jana Uritz of AnimalNaturalis in a statement. "We demand the necessary courage from them to say whether they favor animal torture or, on the contrary, are ready to prohibit such barbarities.”
Bullfighting is still immensely popular in Spain although the movement against it has gained much momentum in recent years. Bullfighting is banned only in the Canary Islands although it is not practiced much, or at all, in some other regions such as Catalonia and the Balearic Islands that include Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza.
The animal rights groups cite Culture Ministry figures, saying 90% of Spaniards did not attend any festival event involving bulls in 2014-2015, the last year the issue was surveyed. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Activists-protest-over-Spain-s-San-Fermin-17284780.php | 2022-07-05T14:17:33Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Activists-protest-over-Spain-s-San-Fermin-17284780.php | true |
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Barbara A. Trish, Grinnell College
(THE CONVERSATION) For the past few election cycles, the quartet of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina has had a lock on the early spots in the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process.
But that may be about to change.
Like clockwork every four years, Democrats hunker down to tweak their rules for presidential nomination, and right now they’re finely tuning the 2024 calendar. The party has routinely pinned its hopes on nomination rules to pave the way for a November win.
As a longtime scholar of the presidential nomination process, I have observed that the rules battles aim to find that sweet spot that is likely to churn out a nominee with broad appeal both within the party and outside of it.
The party needs to balance the legitimacy that comes with a process making it easy for average Democrats to insert their voices with the safety valve that lets savvy party insiders weigh in on the selection. All those pieces must produce a process long enough to ensure real competition, but not so long that internal party fences can’t be mended well in advance of the general election.
This time around, the Democratic National Committee is targeting that mix of states that will start the nomination process, hoping for something better than what’s been in place. It’s taken the unusual step of setting up a competition among state parties to help it set the 2024 calendar. Sixteen states and Puerto Rico just made their pitches to the national party to be among the first to hold contests, with a decision expected later this summer.
It’s tempting to flag this all as a ploy to dislodge the Iowa caucuses from their leadoff role, a position they’ve held since 1972. In fact, Iowa’s claim on that privileged position is very much at risk, especially given its 2020 caucus counting fiasco, which I detail in my book, “Inside the Bubble.”
Going early matters because it gives Democrats in those states a larger voice in the nomination. Candidates flock to the early states, interacting with voters and sometimes tailoring their policy appeals to the needs unique to a state. The first contests don’t determine who will win, but they typically knock some candidates out of the running.
Who gets to choose?
The two major U.S. parties are federal in nature, their organizational structures reflecting the array of elective offices for which they compete, from county sheriff to the president. Even so, the national party is well positioned to call the shots at the state level, shored up by a now decadesold Supreme Court decision establishing the national party’s superiority over state parties.
The national committee has kept control over the calendar for a long time, starting down that path when it overhauled nomination rules after the contentious 1968 Democratic national convention. The package of reforms, implemented first in 1972, sought to take presidential nominations out of the proverbial back room and make them more open, more democratic.
Technically, at the primaries and caucuses, voters select the delegates who support the presidential candidate they favor. At the party convention, the candidate with the majority of delegates wins the nomination.
Before the 1972 reforms, delegate selection wasn’t always tied to outcomes in primaries and caucuses. According to nomination expert Elaine Kamarck, 25% of 1968’s presidential delegates were selected in 1967, well before what’s now considered the formal start of the nomination race.
From caucuses to primaries
Under the initial terms of the 1972 reforms, the national party didn’t limit how early in the election year a state could hold its nomination contest. That Iowa went first in 1972, though, was not so much a deliberate move for positioning as an unintentional byproduct of another national party rule.
The reformed system, in the interest of allowing time to publicize contests, required 30 days’ notice of delegate selection contests. That meant Iowa had to start early, since the state’s process involved a series of contests, not just the prominent precinct caucuses. But Iowa started even earlier than dictated by the new rules, essentially because of a fluke involving high demand on hotel rooms.
By 1980, Iowa had secured its role as the first caucus and New Hampshire was designated as the first primary. For that election cycle, the Democratic National Committee imposed a rule condensing nomination contests into a 13-week window, beginning in early March. But then-President Jimmy Carter, seeking reelection and with sway over his party, pushed for an exception for Iowa and New Hampshire, states that had jump-started his 1976 campaign and might serve as a firewall. The national committee ultimately granted the exception.
Back in the 1970s, the Democratic National Committee had no beef with caucuses, and more states held caucuses than primaries. They were seen as settings for deliberation and activist engagement.
But in 2022, caucuses are under fire for being exclusionary, and most states hold primaries. The switch from caucuses to primaries in the 1970s and 1980s was largely an unanticipated consequence of the initial reform, because complying with those new rules from 1972 was easier with primaries than caucuses. In 2020, the Democratic National Committee pushed states to expand the use of primaries, asserting that they are more inclusive, transparent and accessible than caucuses.
Losing sway
The irony is that in moving to a primary, a party relinquishes power.
Caucuses are party-run and party-financed events, while primaries are state-run party elections. In an era dominated by Republican-controlled state legislatures, some of which have passed restrictive voting laws, Democratic primary states put themselves at the mercy of the opposition party.
This summer’s actions by the Democratic National Committee could shake up the 2024 calendar. Iowa’s at risk of losing its privileged position, but so far the committee hasn’t guaranteed any state an exception to the 13-week window. The committee says that up to five states will be able to hold contests before the window begins. The other three traditional early-goers, I believe, are positioned a little better than Iowa to nab one of the early slots.
There’s no reason to think that White House pressure would prevail as it has in the past, but if so, the “gut punch” Iowa delivered to then-candidate Biden in 2020 and his “resurrection” in South Carolina would likely carry weight in the deliberations.
Iowa Democrats submitted their proposal to the Democratic National Committee in early June 2022, describing a process that retains the caucus label yet complies with stated committee criteria of fairness, transparency and inclusivity. Notably, Iowa’s new plan provides for a period for participants to express presidential preferences before the actual caucuses, meaning there would be a way for voters to participate without attending the caucuses. This would make the process a little more inclusive.
A final decision on which states will be able to hold early contests is expected from the Democratic National Committee in early September.
Whatever the shape of the new calendar, it’s a safe bet that things won’t play out precisely as planned, given that unanticipated consequences have marked the party’s reform efforts in the past.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/democrats-aim-to-design-a-presidential-nomination-process-that-gives-everyone-a-voice-and-produces-a-winning-candidate-183201. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Democrats-aim-to-design-a-presidential-nomination-17284804.php | 2022-07-05T14:18:34Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Democrats-aim-to-design-a-presidential-nomination-17284804.php | true |
BERLIN (AP) — The German government has drawn up a plan that would allow it to aid struggling energy companies more easily — a move that comes amid efforts to shore up Uniper, Germany's biggest importer of Russian gas.
The plan, approved Tuesday by the Cabinet but still requiring parliamentary approval, aims to give the government new and more flexible tools to tackle a potential shortage of gas and prevent market chaos as tensions with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine rise.
Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, who is also the economy and climate minister and responsible for energy, said Germany must prepare for a possible escalation of problems on the gas market.
“This is about doing everything to maintain basic supplies next winter and keeping energy markets running as long as possible, despite high prices and growing risks,” Habeck said in a statement. The new proposal includes rules similar to those under which the government took a stake in airline Lufthansa as part of efforts to stabilize it in the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic.
Last week, Uniper downgraded its financial outlook for this year, pointing to a sharp reduction in gas deliveries by Russia's Gazprom in recent weeks that has forced it to buy substitute supplies at significantly higher prices. “Since Uniper cannot yet pass on these additional costs, this results in significant financial burdens,” it said.
Uniper said it was “examining how the liquidity of the company can be further secured” and was discussing “possible stabilization measures” with the German government. It added that “a number of instruments” could be considered for that. The government hasn't yet detailed how it might help Uniper.
On June 23, Habeck activated the second phase of Germany's three-stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies, warning that Europe’s biggest economy faces a crisis and storage targets for the winter are at risk after Russia reduced deliveries. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Germany-considers-aid-for-struggling-energy-firms-17284790.php | 2022-07-05T14:19:08Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Germany-considers-aid-for-struggling-energy-firms-17284790.php | true |
INEZ, Ky. (AP) — Police in eastern Kentucky fatally shot a man who fired at responding officers, a sheriff said.
Martin County Sheriff John Kirk told WSAZ-TV that two Kentucky State Police troopers and a Martin County deputy responded Monday night to a call about gunshots being fired near the Davella community and a man at the scene began firing at them as they arrived.
At least one officer returned fire, killing the suspect, Kirk said. No officers were wounded.
Kentucky State Police Post 9 spokesperson Michael Coleman told WYMT-TV that the scene was no longer active Tuesday morning, but the investigation was continuing.
No further information was immediately released. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Sheriff-Kentucky-police-fatally-shot-man-who-17284892.php | 2022-07-05T14:20:16Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Sheriff-Kentucky-police-fatally-shot-man-who-17284892.php | false |
WASHINGTON — Four U.S. Army soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War are being awarded the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on Tuesday at the White House.
Staff Sergeant Edward N. Kaneshiro, Specialist Five Dwight W. Birdwell, Specialist Five Dennis M. Fujii, and retired Major John J. Duffy are the latest round of medal recipients. Kaneshiro will receive his medal posthumously.
While serving as a squad leader near Phu Huu 2 in the Kim Son Valley of Vietnam on December 1, 1966, Staff Sergeant Kaneshiro and his team entered the village of Phu Huu 2 while on a search and destroy mission and were attacked by North Vietnamese. Staff Sergeant Kaneshiro destroyed one enemy group with rifle fire and two others with grenades, which enabled the orderly extrication and reorganization of the platoon and ultimately led to a successful withdrawal from the village. He served in Vietnam between July 18, 1966, until his death on March 6, 1967, as a result of a hostile gunshot wound.
Specialist Five Dwight W. Birdwell will receive his medal for his acts above and beyond the call of duty on January 31, 1968.
That day, a large enemy element initiated an assault on the Tan Son Nhut Airbase near Saigon. They disabled or destroyed many of the unit’s vehicles and incapacitated Specialist Five Birdwell's tank commander. Under heavy enemy small-arms fire, Specialist Five Birdwell moved the tank commander to safety and fired the tank's weapons at the enemy force. Afterwards, he dismounted and continued fighting until receiving enemy fire to his face and torso. He refused evacuation and led a small group of defenders to disrupt the enemy assault until reinforcements arrived. He then aided in evacuating the wounded until he was ordered to seek attention for his own wounds. He was honorably discharged on December 29, 1968, and today practices law in Oklahoma City, the White House press office said in a release.
Specialist Five Dennis M. Fujii will receive his medal for his actions while serving as a crew chief aboard a helicopter ambulance during a rescue operation in Laos in from February 18-22, 1971.
During a mission to evacuate seriously wounded Vietnamese military personnel, Specialist Five Fujii's medevac helicopter took on enemy fire and was forced to crash land. Although injured, he waved off a rescue from another helicopter and remained behind as the only American on the battlefield. During that night and the next day, although wounded, he administered first aid to allied casualties. On the night of February 19, he called in American helicopter gunships to assist in repelling an enemy attack. For more than 17 hours, he repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire as he left the security of his entrenchment to better observe enemy troop positions and to direct air strikes against them until an American helicopter could attempt to airlift him from the area. Upon completion of his tour, he joined the Army Reserve and today resides in Hawaii.
Finally Major John J. Duffy will receive his medal for actions performed on April 14 and April 15,1972.
Two days earlier, the commander of the 11th Airborne Battalion had been killed, the battalion command post destroyed, and Major Duffy was twice wounded. He refused to be evacuated. In the morning hours of April 14, after a failed effort to establish a landing zone for resupply aircraft, he moved close to enemy anti-aircraft positions to call in airstrikes and was wounded again, but still refused evacuation. In the late afternoon, the enemy began a ground assault from all sides, and Major Duffy moved from position to position to adjust fire, spot targets for artillery and direct gunship fire. In the early morning of April 15, after an enemy ambush, he led evacuees, many of whom were seriously wounded, to an evacuation area, where he directed gunship fire on enemy positions and marked a landing zone for the helicopters. Only after ensuring all evacuees were aboard, did he board as well, assisting a wounded friendly foreign soldier and administering aid to a wounded helicopter door gunner. Major Duffy's service included three tours in Vietnam in a myriad of Special Forces assignments. He retired from the Army on May 31, 1977, and currently lives in Santa Cruz, California.
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TEMPE, Ariz., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bierman Autism Centers (Bierman) announced that they will be opening an autism center in Tempe, Arizona this July. Bierman's other Arizona location is in Scottsdale.
Bierman provides ABA therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy to children diagnosed with autism between the ages of 18 months to 9 years old. The center is designed to create a learning environment full of possibilities. It is built not only with spaces for therapy, but also areas to help build gross and fine motor skills, play skills, and peer interactions. Bierman accepts a variety of health insurances and will be located at 1729 W Greentree Dr, #103, Tempe, AZ 85284.
When asked about this center, Christina Barosky, BCBA, Bierman's Chief Clinical Officer said: "After our success at the Scottsdale center, I am excited that Bierman is opening up a second location in Arizona. We will be able to continue our mission to create progress and possibilities for children diagnosed with autism in Arizona. I am also excited to be able to grow our team! There are many excellent clinicians in the area who will help us continue to provide the highest quality of care."
Bierman understands that every child's learning needs are as unique as they are. The team strives to blur the boundaries between play and learning. This sets children on a path for success. The team believes in a "whole family" approach which means parents and caregivers are included in the treatment process through collaboration and training. Most importantly, Bierman is dedicated to making therapy a welcoming space for growth and continued learning for the children they serve.
Bierman Autism Centers is a place where kids as young as 18 months to 9 years of age engage in play to learn foundational skills they can build on such as self-advocacy and communication. They recognize that every kid's success is unique, and their one-on-one approach allows them to drive progress, measurable outcomes, while each child is advancing on their own terms.
With over 150 graduations, BIERMAN currently has centers, and is expanding in: Arizona, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. For more about Bierman Autism Centers visit www.biermanautism.com or contact marketing@biermanautism.com.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for NBEV, ENDP, DTC, REV, and APRN.
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A man is in custody after a shooting in Highland Park, Ill. A judge sides with three major drug distributors in an opioid case. A probe continues into the death of a Palestinian-American journalist.
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BAODING, China, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 3, the GWM TANK held a brand conference in Saudi Arabia with its two star models, GWM TANK300 and GWM TANK500, which were officially unveiled to global customers.
The conference was held under the theme of "Limitless Experience". The TANK brand has created a new SUV category for global buyers. The brand also presented the audience with the brand attributes, including luxury, off-road mobility and intelligence.
"The TANK products will cover all commuting needs and satisfy users of different levels." said David Xu, General Manager of GWM Middle East Region.
"This being the first launch outside of China. It shows the acceptance of the Saudi market and the confidence GWM has in the success of this brand, " Mr. Faisal AI Quraishi, a senior representative of the local dealership, said.
At the same time, GWM TANK300 was officially opened for pre-order and another heavyweight model, GWM TANK500, was also unveiled to the public.
GWM TANK places a premium on luxury and comfort. Both models on the show adopt several sound insulation and noise reduction design schemes, which can allow users to enjoy a high quality of silence even in noisy environments. The seats also feature different user-friendly designs, such as the soft and delicate leather used for the seats in the high-end version of GWM TANK300.
The models of this brand also boast solid off-road capabilities. Both displayed models are equipped with a host of specialist off-road devices, such as electronically controlled mechanical differential lock for front and rear axles. When the vehicle is stuck on a potholed road and one of the wheels slips, the driver can use the electric button to lock the differential and get out shortly.
Intelligent off-road is another outstanding performance of this brand. Its products are manufactured based on the "GWM TANK Platform". The platform has three features, including powerful, intelligent off-road and highly reliable. Regarding off-road intelligence feature, both models are equipped with a Crawl Control System, which could give drivers an easier and safer driving experience. When the system is activated, the vehicle can automatically perform power control and braking. The driver only needs to control the direction of driving to pass the road safely and smoothly.
Currently, the GWM TANK has already been a popular choice in the Chinese market since its launch. According to the sales report released by GWM, the GWM TANK SUV already has a penetration rate of over 50% in the off-road segment in China after being launched about one year.
GWM plans to launch the GWM TANK500 in Saudi Arabia later this year. Both TANK models, GWM TANK300 and GWM TANK500 will be released successively in other global markets, such as Australia, South Africa, ASEAN, South America, to stir up continuous waves of "TANK Trend" worldwide.
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John Hancock has invested over $15 million to provide summer jobs, financial education, and professional development opportunities to over 6,000 young people since program inception
BOSTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today, John Hancock, the US division of Toronto-based Manulife (NYSE: MFC), celebrates the 15th anniversary of its annual MLK Scholars Program, the Nation's largest and most comprehensive corporate summer jobs program of its kind. Since the program's inception in 2008, the program has provided summer employment for more than 6,000 Boston youth at nonprofit organizations throughout Boston and at John Hancock.
"This year marks a momentous anniversary for our MLK Scholars Program," said Marianne Harrison, John Hancock president and CEO. "For the past 15 years, the program has gone far beyond a summer job for students – it also provides the skills, knowledge, education, and advice that will help them succeed across many aspects of their lives. For many Scholars, the professional relationships and financial capability established throughout the summer provide the foundation for a meaningful and prosperous future. John Hancock is extremely proud of the MLK Scholars Program and its ability to drive inclusive economic opportunities for our young people to help build a more equitable Boston."
Each summer, in partnership with The Boston Globe, Boston University, Mass General Brigham, and the City of Boston, John Hancock sponsors the employment of nearly 600 Boston teens at 50 local non-profit and corporate organizations. This unique youth employment model empowers Boston teens with career readiness skills and financial literacy tools, in addition to a steady paycheck.
"The MLK Scholars program is a proven model of success for Boston's youth and for leading private and public institutions," Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, said. "Thanks to the resources and guidance from partners like John Hancock, our City is leading the way on summer jobs programs. We encourage others to join us in our continued commitment to youth employment and financial education."
The John Hancock MLK Scholars summer jobs model leverages youth employment to build capacity within the non-profit community for summer programming, creating opportunities for long-term employment within our public service and private corporate sectors. The program benefits the organizations that employ MLK Scholars by engaging Boston's diverse student population in potential career paths in their industries – with some students even returning as college interns and full-time hires. At the same time, Scholars are given equitable access to economic opportunity through financial education, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.
Through the program, students also have access to a one-of-a-kind digital education program featuring financial and mental wellness resources for young adults in partnership with EVERFI. Since 2018, this digital education has been a resource not just for participants in the MLK Scholars program, but for all youth participating in summer employment programs supported by the Boston Private Industry Council and the City of Boston.
A new survey of Massachusetts youth conducted by EVERFI and John Hancock shows that more than three in four respondents who participated in a summer youth employment program and had access to the John Hancock Well-Being Education Center agreed that receiving a regular paycheck changed the way they think about managing money, that the education they received over the summer helped them manage their money, and that they now feel more prepared to manage their money. For the third year, young people participating in Boston summer youth employment programs including MLK Scholars reported a positive impact on their financial management confidence and plans from participating in both the education and employment opportunities.
The report proves that summer youth employment programs provide participants with a valuable combination of receiving a regular paycheck and ongoing education to support personal financial skill development, with 78 percent of respondents stating that they feel more prepared to manage their money than they did before participating in the program. Further, participants reported higher levels of resilience and optimism than their peers in Massachusetts. Nearly nine in ten participants (89%) agreed that "when faced with challenges, I believe that I have the power to change my situation for the better." In comparison, just three quarters (75%) of Massachusetts high school juniors and seniors agreed during the 2020-2021 school year. Similarly, more summer youth employment program participants reported being optimistic about their own future (86%) than Massachusetts high school students more broadly (77%).
For more information about the MLK Scholars program, visit https://www.johnhancock.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/mlk-nonprofit.html
EVERFI and John Hancock's 2022 research report summarizes the findings from 227 youth who responded to surveys during the summer of 2021 about their financial preparedness, the value of employment and financial education, and their plans for the future, including educational and financial goals. Where possible, comparisons are made to responses from a sample of Massachusetts high school juniors and seniors participating in EVERFI's education programs. Comparisons are drawn from responses collected before students began an EVERFI course.
John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading international financial services provider that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better by providing financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as MFC on the TSX, NYSE, and PSE, and under 945 on the SEHK. Manulife can be found at manulife.com.
One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports more than ten million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance and annuities. John Hancock also supports US investors by bringing leading investment capabilities and retirement planning and administration expertise to individuals and institutions. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at johnhancock.com.
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Six people were killed and 24 others were hospitalized in a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, according to officials.
The parade was halted Monday morning after shots were fired about 10 minutes into the event.
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Flycoin has taken another step to strengthen its infrastructure and security in safeguarding FLY
POMONA, Calif, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FlyCoin, Inc., a cryptocurrency-based travel rewards technology company, is pleased to announce that it will utilize Anchorage Digital to serve as the custodian of a significant portion of its minted cryptocurrency, FLY. Anchorage Digital is a regulated institutional platform and the first crypto company to receive a national bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
"Flycoin only selects the most reputable and trusted custodians of cryptocurrency to properly safeguard FLY for us and our partners. We are excited to partner with Anchorage Digital, as currently, they are the only federally regulated custodian of digital assets. We selected Anchorage for its robust security and controls, and its ability to easily move funds without sacrificing security," stated Lenny Moon, Flycoin's CEO. Earlier in June, Flycoin also announced that it had partnered with Bitgo as its first custodian.
Custodians of digital assets, like Anchorage Digital, play an essential role in providing transparency to holders and keeping assets safe while transferred across brokers and exchanges. Anchorage's model allows institutions to transact with the same security architecture and controls of its custody model.
"We believe both protocols and institutions are better served with custody that's proven to be resilient, and regulated at the highest level. We're pleased to custody FLY and meet the Flycoin team's standards," said Diogo Mónica, President and Co-Founder Anchorage Digital.
Flycoin is leading the charge in moving the travel rewards industry toward a more customer-centric standards. It is growing and expanding an ecosystem of companies across the travel & hospitality industry, by enabling their customers to earn and redeem FLY, a cryptocurrency that provides the end-users greater utility and flexibility than the traditional loyalty point.
Current Flycoin partners include BitGo, Thanks Again, Northern Pacific Airways, Ravn Alaska, and the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC).
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated financial services and infrastructure solutions. With the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US, Anchorage offers institutions an unparalleled combination of secure custody, regulatory compliance, product breadth, and client service. Founded in 2017, Anchorage is valued at over $3 billion and is backed by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC — Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Anchorage is remote-friendly with offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on Twitter @Anchorage, and LinkedIn.
FlyCoin is moving the evolution forward in loyalty programs by providing a cryptocurrency-based reward that is free from the limitations of traditional loyalty programs. FlyCoin's revolutionary technology infrastructure provides companies in the consumer loyalty space - including travel and hospitality, financial services, and more, with a powerful, turnkey solution to incentivize users in a more customer-centric way. Users can earn FlyCoin's newly minted token, FLY, reward doesn't expire, is easily transferable, and has an abundance of redemption options. Stay tuned and get project updates on Twitter. https://twitter.com/FlyCoinOfficial. For more information, please visit https://www.flycoin.org.
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The platform increases developer velocity when building distributed applications, supporting devs from their local environments to production
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Helios, the platform for developers building cloud-native applications, announced today $5M funding to make it easier to understand, troubleshoot, and test distributed systems during development. The seed round was co-led by Entrée Capital and Amiti VC. A number of angel investors also joined, including Benny Schnaider, Guy Podjarny (co-founder of Snyk), Adi Sharabani and Yair Amit (co-founders of Skycure) and Guy Fighel (GM at New Relic). The company also announced the launch of a new free tier for their platform.
Modern cloud apps consist of dozens or hundreds of microservices, cloud components and third-party APIs; a single initial request can hit hundreds of different services as it branches out throughout the application. That makes it hard for developers to fully understand their code and how it interacts with the system as a whole, in their local development environment and through testing to production. These friction points slow down the whole development process, lead to buggy code, and end up frustrating the developers.
"As applications and companies grow, development slows down because it's harder and harder to understand how one small change might affect the system," said Ran Nozik, co-founder and CTO of Helios. "A small change or bug in a microservice or API can ripple out through a distributed app; perhaps twenty microservices later the change causes an error, or data is silently lost. Devs spend more and more time troubleshooting and less time on what they want to be doing — creating new features."
As companies and apps grow and become more complex, codebases and developer teams expand and these challenges become more acute. To observe distributed applications in production, DevOps practitioners use advanced monitoring platforms. Developers, though, have been left behind, missing out on new tooling for a world of cloud-native apps.
Helios is the first developer platform built specifically for cloud-native application development. Helios breaks down the silos inherent in microservice architectures, giving developers a full understanding of how their code interacts with the distributed app as a whole so they can build, troubleshoot and test more easily, significantly increasing development velocity. Using the power of OpenTelemetry to provide distributed tracing combined with other data sources, Helios enables Dev teams to easily track how a request flows through their application and gives them the context they need to quickly resolve issues. The platform can automatically 'replay' inputs at any point in the application flow, allowing developers to reproduce issues with ease. With actionable insights and collaboration tools, Helios makes developers happier, allowing them to communicate and cooperate as they modify different parts of the app.
Helios was founded by Eli Cohen and Ran Nozik, old friends who've worked closely together over the last two decades, gaining engineering and product experience at successful tech companies. The company today has 15 employees and is working with dozens of early customers.
"Growing tech companies often grapple with scaling their cloud-native architecture," says Eran Bielski, General Partner at Entrée Capital. "Companies want to focus on building a successful business, but often the day-to-day work of developers is full of friction that slows down progress. Helios' focus on both developer velocity and productivity is exactly what the market needs, and I have little doubt that every software development company in the world will soon be using such a tool."
Eli Cohen, co-founder and CEO of Helios, said "We built Helios to give developers the cloud-native dev platform we wish we'd had ourselves. Helios gives the right data with the right context at the right time, throughout the entire development lifecycle, streamlining activities from design and collaboration to troubleshooting and testing. The best feedback we get from our customers is that Helios makes their developers happier and helps them build better together."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CF Bankshares Inc. (NASDAQ: CFBK) (the "Company"), the parent of CFBank, NA, today announced that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.05 per share, which represents a 25% increase over its previous quarterly dividend. The dividend is payable on July 26, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 15, 2022.
Timothy T. O'Dell, President and CEO, commented, "This dividend increase of 25%, coming at the nine-month mark since our previous dividend increase, reflects our continued confidence in the strength of our business, along with our Board's commitment to generating attractive total returns for our shareholders."
CF Bankshares Inc. (the Company) is a holding company that owns 100% of the stock of CFBank, National Association (CFBank). CFBank is a nationally chartered boutique Commercial bank operating primarily in Four (4) Major Metro Markets: Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The current Leadership Team and Board recapitalized the Company and CFBank in 2012 during the financial crisis, repositioning CFBank as a full-service Commercial Bank model. Since the 2012 recapitalization, CFBank has achieved a CAGR of nearly 25%.
CFBank focuses on serving the financial needs of closely held businesses and entrepreneurs, by providing comprehensive Commercial, Retail, and Mortgage Lending services presence. In all regional markets, CFBank provides commercial loans and equipment leases, commercial and residential real estate loans and treasury management depository services, residential mortgage lending, and full-service commercial and retail banking services and products. CFBank is differentiated by our penchant for individualized service coupled with direct customer access to decision-makers, and ease of doing business. CFBank matches the sophistication of much larger banks, without the bureaucracy.
CFBank ranked #7 on American Banker's listing of Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks based on 3-year average return on equity as of December 31, 2021 and has been recognized as a Small Cap All-Star performer by Piper Sandler in 2021, 2020, and 2019. CFBank is the only Ohio-based bank and one of only four banks in the country that have achieved this award for the past three consecutive years (2019, 2020 and 2021). In addition, CFBank was ranked #4 in Performance and #2 in Growth Strategy by Bank Director magazine based on 2020 performance and growth.
Additional information about the Company and CFBank is available at www.CF.Bank
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# Zoropsis parancimala munirakata\n\nDark Sickler: Sickularly Bad\nSong #5\n\nI have now made my 60 posts (as opposed to all-themed). Well then we can expect a good 3 month gap next time for the holydays! :) - Pkamicxg (A-a)-{t|cAkamicx.hmmt!\nA CARMEL, CA — It’s an increasingly alarming wildlife mystery. Scientists are monitoring an emerging infectious fungus that is horribly disfiguring and killing snakes across the country. The snake fungal disease has spread in Europe, Asia and the eastern United States. It’s also been found as far west as California.
Wildlife veterinarians were looking for diseased snakes on a hot summer day in the foothills of the Santa Lucia mountains in California's Carmel Valley.
“We're looking for snakes to do health assessments and test for an emerging fungal disease called snake fungal disease,” said Dr. Matt Allender, a clinical veterinarian with the Chicago Zoological Society and director of the University of Illinois’ Wildlife Epidemiology Lab.
“We initially diagnosed it in a snake in 2009 in Illinois. And since that point, it's been found in over 35 states in the U.S. And right now, California is right on the front lines of where that emergence is occurring,” said Allender.
With many snake populations already in decline, scientists worry the disease could entirely wipe out certain species in some locations.
“Things like rattlesnakes, things like water. Snakes are much more susceptible, and those animals are highly endangered in certain areas of the range,” said Allender.
It can be highly fatal – up to 90% in specific rattlesnake populations.
The disease itself manifests as skin lesions that are spread by contaminated habitats or direct contact.
“It was swelling of the head that was really disfiguring to the point where the fungus would invade the eye and we'd start to get granulomas and white cheesy material,” said Allender.
Allender works with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which began monitoring the disease after a case was discovered in California in 2019.
“We got really concerned because it was a California Kingsnake. It did not look good,” said Dr. Deana Clifford.
Clifford, a senior veterinarian at the wildlife health lab with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said so far, the state has seen two confirmed cases.
“We're feeling better about our situation. But we're at that beginning stage of characterizing the disease,” she said. “Where is it? Who is infected? And how many animals are infected?”
“We found a snake earlier today; it was too fast for us cause it’s kind of warm,” said Raquel Elander, a wildlife scientific aide with California’s Wildlife Health Laboratory.
For the last year, Elander has been collecting samples throughout the state.
“I'll do a physical examination, so examine it for any lesions that might be associated with, you know, health issues, and I'll take a swab sample," Elander said.
Allender said while there is no threat to domestic pets, snakes play a vital role in the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
“They have human health benefits in that snakes can take out a rodent population that can support up to 3,400 ticks in a year, which reduces the tick-borne diseases," Allender said.
It’s why he says the work they’re doing here in the foothills is so pressing.
“Trying to find ways in order to identify that fungus so that we can go in and intervene and save this biodiversity is critically important,” he said. | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/scientists-continue-tracking-fungal-disease-in-snakes | 2022-07-05T14:27:26Z | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/scientists-continue-tracking-fungal-disease-in-snakes | true |
DALLAS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bank, as Trustee of the Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE: SBR), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.549990 per unit, payable on July 29, 2022, to unit holders of record on July 15, 2022. Sabine's cash distribution history, current and prior year financial reports and tax information booklets, a link to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission and more can be found on its website at http://www.sbr-sabine.com/. Additionally, printed reports can be requested and are mailed free of charge.
This distribution reflects primarily the oil production for April 2022 and the gas production for March 2022. Preliminary production volumes are approximately 40,082 barrels of oil and 1,024,821 Mcf of gas. Preliminary prices are approximately $105.12 per barrel of oil and $4.57 per Mcf of gas.
This month's distribution is lower than the previous month's due to decreased production of oil and gas, primarily due to the timing of receipts through the end of the month.
The production from the new horizontal gas wells in Panola County, Texas, has contributed approximately $880,000 reflecting March production. They were averaging about 752 Mcf per day per well during March totaling over 186,000 Mcf with an average pricing of $4.41 per Mcf. In addition to these proceeds, the additional 8 new wells which were paid upon for the month of March, contributing approximately $200,000, reflecting an average of 215 Mcf per well, per day.
Additionally, another 3 new horizontal wells, also in Panola County, are being paid on by another operator for the month of production for April 2022, however, the funds were not received in time for this distribution.
As more regular monthly receipts are made in the months to come, additional information will be made available.
The table below compares this month's production and prices to the previous month's:
Revenues are only distributed after they are received, verified, and posted. Most energy companies normally issue payment of royalties on or about the 25th of every month, and depending on mail delivery, a varying amount of royalties are not received until after the revenue posting on the last business day of the month. The revenues received after that date will be posted within 30 days of receipt.
Due to the timing of the end of the month of June, approximately $900,762 of revenue received will be posted in the following month of July in addition to normal receipts during July.
The 2021 Annual Report with Form 10-K and the January 1, 2022 Reserve Summary has been posted on the Sabine website at http://www.sbr-sabine.com/.
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Aberdeen drug trafficker jailed and told to change career
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A repeat drug trafficker has been jailed for four years by a judge who told him he should consider a career change.
Anthony Newman, 31, was caught in Aberdeen in January with cocaine and cannabis worth £140,000.
He admitted drugs charges at the High Court in Edinburgh. He has been jailed twice previously for supplying drugs.
Lord Mulholland told Newman he should consider a new career because he was "not very good at it".
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC said police saw him in circumstances that suggested he was involved in a drugs transaction.
Officers forced entry to a flat at Palmerston Road, Aberdeen, and found Newman in the bathroom disposing of something down a toilet.
White powder was seen on the bathroom, hall and bedroom floors and a package of drugs was discovered in the bedroom.
Police searched further properties in Aberdeen and cannabis was found.
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Which gaming computer desk is best?
Desks can be versatile additions to any home office or workspace, especially for gaming computer set-ups. The perfect gaming computer desk ensures comfort while playing games for an extended period of time. Most effective desks provide ample space for keeping all of your belongings from getting cluttered, including monitors, keyboards, mice and any other belongings. Additionally, gaming desks come in various styles ranging from wooden finishes to sleek, smooth designs.
Features of gaming computer desks
Adjustable height
Many desks offer adjustable heights to be more ergonomically flexible and make gaming environments more comfortable and efficient. Having a desk with an adjustable height provides the user with the option of either sitting or standing, offering the ability not to get uncomfortable being in one position for an extended time.
Multi-monitor support and size
Because many gaming set-ups use more than one monitor, it is imperative to find a gaming desk with space to support all of your monitors and other belongings. Specific gaming desks sometimes take this into account, providing particular places for monitor placement. Others just give the real estate and leave it up to the user to put their monitors where they desire.
Price
Given the sheer variety of gaming set-ups, there are several different price points for gaming desks. The most inexpensive gaming desks will generally cost $80-$100, usually providing you room for at least one monitor and enough space for your peripherals. Mid-range gaming desks run $100-$200 and are generally much more spacious than desks with lower prices. They are made of studier woods and metals and usually use some ergonomic design in mind. Finally, expensive gaming desks go for more than $200 and typically have other features attached to them beyond just the space on top, including height adjustability and drawers.
The best gaming computer desks
Best of the best gaming computer desk
EUREKA ERGONOMIC Gaming Desk 60″ Home Office Computer Desk
Our take: This large gaming desk is a whopping 60 inches, providing enough room for up to three gaming monitors and more than enough room for all your peripherals.
What we like: It comes with a fully tailored mousepad designed to cover the entirety of the desk, as well as a cup holder and headphone rack.
What we dislike: Assembly assistance can be purchased. Otherwise, it may be challenging to put together.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best bang for your buck gaming computer desk
Our take: A desk explicitly built for gaming, the Atlantic desk combines a sleek charcoal laminated top with metal stands to hold everything for your set-up.
What we like: It comes equipped with a smartphone or tablet stand, game storage space and cord management.
What we dislike: Some users reported this desk works better for desktop computers than laptops.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Honorable mentions
Our take: Large surface area to support up to three monitors and custom mouse pads provides the most immersive gaming experience.
What we like: Its easy assembly makes this desk quick to adjust for height and transport if needed.
What we dislike: The desk is expensive for what you get.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Hbada 43 inch Gaming Computer Desk
Our take: This desk is excellent for providing ergonomic comfort paired with a simplistic design for an affordable price.
What we like: It has z-shaped steel legs to hold more weight and provide stability, allowing you to support both a monitor and PC simultaneously.
What we dislike: The desk gets the job done but is plain.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
VIT 63 Inch Ergonomic Gaming Desk
Our take: The sturdy VIT desk can hold up to 260 pounds and support three monitors.
What we like: It comes with an intelligent USB gaming handle rack with four charging ports, perfect for charging your phone or headphones while you work or game.
What we dislike: The desk accessories are made of plastic and are not as durable as the rest of the desk.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
SHW 55-Inch Large Electric Height Adjustable Computer Desk
Our take: With a stylish wood finish, this adjustable ergonomic desk is perfect for working at any height.
What we like: It can fit up to two monitors and has a height adjustment controller that can remember up to four different height settings.
What we dislike: It is more expensive than most other desks for the perks of height adjustment.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
VIVO Standing 32 inch Desk Converter
Our take: This desk converter is capable of turning any table into your standing desk, getting rid of tension from sitting for long periods.
What we like: It can support dual monitors or a monitor and laptop combination, and it comes equipped with a removable keyboard tray.
What we dislike: It is not a desk, but it will transform your desk into a standing one with more space for gaming.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Globally-leading social marketing software, Dash Hudson, is pleased to announce the addition of Instagram Reels to its recently launched suite of social entertainment solutions.
Reels joins the Dash Hudson platform alongside newly-minted TikTok and YouTube features, providing brands with a robust set of video-first tools to elevate their entertainment-based social marketing strategies.
Dash Hudson's Chief Marketing Officer, Kate Kenner Archibald, shares,
"The marketing industry is currently undergoing a renaissance moment that is being driven by the shift toward short-form, vertical video," says Kenner Archibald. "It has become imperative for brands to have tools to measure the success of this new format. The unveiling of Dash Hudson's Instagram Reels capabilities further empowers today's top brands as they transition from social media into the era of social entertainment."
Reels is a key avenue for brands to deliver easily discoverable and highly engaging content that has the power to convert followers into loyal customers. The insights provided by Dash Hudson allow brands to understand how Reels drives value to their business, enabling them to optimize and execute their strategy.
"The importance of video on a platform like Instagram has meant that Reels is no longer a strategy that marketers can ignore," says Dash Hudson customer, Armie Amiri, Social Strategy Manager, The INKEY List. "Having the ability to leverage Reels data and analytics within Dash Hudson provides us even deeper insight into what our engaged and growing community wants to see from us – not only education, but entertainment, too."
Dash Hudson's new Reels features allow brands to measure performance in Dash Hudson's Instagram Insights tool to holistically analyze the effectiveness of their strategy. In addition, brands can now auto-publish their Reels through Dash Hudson's Scheduler, allowing them to streamline their planning and publishing processes.
To discover how Dash Hudson is leading today's top brands to master video-first entertainment marketing across channels, please click here.
Dash Hudson was founded in 2015 with the mission to empower brands to deepen engagement through photos and videos. Today, the global leader in social marketing software helps companies like Condé Nast, Apple and Unilever unlock their creative superpowers and elevate their strategies at the speed of social. Dash Hudson takes it to the next level by predicting the performance of photos and videos, analyzing trends and accelerating brand growth across social media, entertainment and e-commerce marketing channels. To learn more about Dash Hudson, please click here.
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Acquisition creates new business unit that delivers expense optimization and streamlining of highly complex technology systems
OAK BROOK, Ill., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- E78 Partners, a leading provider of finance, accounting and technology solutions for the Office of the CFO and private equity firms, announced today that it has acquired Profit Enhancement Systems (PES), a technology-enabled managed service provider with nearly 30 years' experience optimizing and managing cloud, mobility and infrastructure costs.
"PES has earned a reputation for delivering reductions in business technology expenses while enhancing performance, accessibility and security. From day one, they're going to significantly strengthen the value we offer our clients, enabling us to have an immediate, meaningful impact on their bottom line," said John Signa, founder and CEO of E78 Partners.
As a member of the E78 family of companies, PES will form the basis of a new cost optimization business unit with a specific focus on eliminating clients' overspend while helping them get the most out of their cloud, data, wireless and related IT systems. They are one of the few firms serving a spectrum of clients that includes Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms and middle-market businesses, and their expertise across this range is expected to accelerate E78's emergence as a single-source growth and performance improvement partner for previously underserved market segments.
The company's range of solutions is particularly appealing to businesses operating in today's uncertain environment. IT spend today is increasing in scope and complexity, and PES's set of software and service solutions give CIOs, CFOs and other decision makers the ability to regain control of their procurement decisions and recurring expenditures.
"Over the past 29 years, we've set the standard for what a technology-focused cost management company can do for its clients," said John Cataldo, CEO and chairman of PES. "As a part of E78, we have the capital support and operational expertise to propel us to an even higher level of performance and widen our service offering to include E78's suite of financial management services and expertise. Now, as a platform within E78, we will become the acquirer of choice in our market, with PES having the ability to transform channel partners into service providers via PES's managed service practice. This is a game-changing moment in the industry."
The acquisition of PES is the latest in a series of transactions that E78 has made over the past two years, solidly establishing the company as a national presence in the professional services industry. E78 is sponsored by Further Global Capital Management, a private equity firm that backs best-in-class management teams operating in the business and financial services industries as a thought partner, network builder and capital source.
"PES has a proven value proposition, an outstanding reputation and, most importantly, a client centric culture that aligns with E78," said Max Baumrin, a partner with Further Global. "This is an exciting transaction for E78 as it grows into the industry's preeminent provider of accounting, finance and technology solutions."
ABOUT E78 PARTNERS
Founded in 2016 by former private equity professionals, E78 Partners is a private-equity focused accounting, finance and technology consulting and outsourcing firm that has developed and acquired a suite of services focused on delivering value through the Office of the CFO. More information is available at e78partners.com.
ABOUT PES
Profit Enhancement Systems, LLC (PES) is a technology-enabled spend management and strategic sourcing practice with nearly 30 years' experience optimizing and managing cloud, mobility and infrastructure costs. PES is the most tenured and respected technology expense management firm in the United States with clients in every industry, from privately held portfolio companies to publicly traded global organizations, including many ranked in the top tiers of the Fortune 500. PES is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, with offices across the country. More information is available at profitenhancement.com.
PRESS INQUIRIES
Jon Cooper
Chief Marketing Officer
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SALES INQUIRIES
John Buccola
Senior Managing Director
jbuccola@e78partners.com
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Seth Deutsch
Chief Growth Officer
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Judge set to hear challenge of Mississippi abortion law
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge is holding a hearing Tuesday to consider a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the state.
The law — which state lawmakers passed before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling that allowed abortions nationwide — is set to take effect Thursday.
The Jackson Women’s Health Organization sought a temporary restraining order that would allow it to remain open, at least while the lawsuit remains in court.
The closely watched lawsuit is part of a flurry of activity that has occurred nationwide since the Supreme Court ruled. Conservative states have moved to halt or limit abortions while others have sought to ensure abortion rights, all as some women try to obtain the medical procedure against the changing legal landscape.
If Chancery Judge Debbra K. Halford grants the clinic’s request to block the new Mississippi law from taking effect, the decision could be quickly appealed to the state Supreme Court.
The new Mississippi law says abortion will be legal only if the pregnant woman’s life is in danger or if a pregnancy is caused by a rape reported to law enforcement. It does not have an exception for pregnancies caused by incest.
Mississippi was one of several states with a “trigger” law contingent on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The law was passed in 2007 and has never been challenged in court.
The clinic’s lawsuit cites a 1998 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that said the state constitution invokes a right to privacy that “includes an implied right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.” That state decision was rooted in U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1973 and 1992 that established or protected abortion rights but were overturned on June 24.
In arguments filed Sunday, the state attorney general’s office said the Mississippi Constitution does not recognize a right to abortion and the state has a long history of restricting the procedure.
“Text, history, and precedent all show that the Mississippi Constitution does not protect a right to abortion and that the laws here are valid,” the attorney general’s office wrote.
The lawsuit was filed three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a case that originated in Mississippi.
The clinic has continued to see patients, but owner Diane Derzis said it will close if the near-ban on abortions takes effect.
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The premium ice cream brand fuses sustainability with fashion brought to life through an innovative partnership with avant-garde visionary Iris Van Herpen as modeled by Cindy Bruna
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnum ice cream, the chocolatiers of ice cream, has partnered with luxury Dutch fashion designer, Iris Van Herpen – one of the industry's most talented and forward-thinking creatives – to design a Haute Couture vegan dress inspired by the iconic Magnum vegan ice cream.
Unveiled during Paris Fashion Week at Elysée Montmartre on July 4th, the Magnum Vegan Dress was revealed to the world as Cindy Bruna took to the runway in Iris Van Herpen's 15th Anniversary show debuting the unique design to the world and paving the way as Magnum ice cream's first steps into circular fashion.
The Magnum Vegan Dress is a celebration of Magnum ice cream's vegan range; an expertly crafted and award-winning collection of delicious, plant-based indulgence and 100% Magnum ice cream decadence, without any dairy.
Magnum ice cream believes a day without indulgence is a day lost, and that everyone should be able to pursue what brings them joy, whatever this may be. This campaign brings together Magnum ice cream fans from across the world to indulge in the decadence of plant-based deliciousness and invites them to experience and celebrate Magnum Vegan through an all-new fusion of cocoa and haute couture.
The Vegan Dress
The first of its kind for the brand, the Magnum Vegan Haute Couture Dress has been designed and created using an intricate 3-dimensional design, incorporating sustainable materials that reference Magnum ice cream's vegan ingredients in an indulgent fusion between the brand's iconic melting chocolate and Iris' luxurious fluid designs. With the aid of 3-D printing technology, the Magnum Vegan Dress is also the first haute couture dress to be made from cocoa bean husks, which have been processed to create a fully organic biopolymer material.
The dress features intricate details including plantlike body embellishments which are copper-coated, draped and entwined with upcycled and pliseed organza, while other 3-D elements have been printed using innovative SLS technology (Selective Laser Sintering).
The creation of the Magnum Vegan Dress marks a dynamic collision between ice cream and haute couture, supporting both Magnum ice cream and the Maison of Iris van Herpen's ambitions to work towards a fully sustainable production chain within the fashion industry and beyond.
Speaking about the collaboration, Iris said: "I am honored to have been approached by Magnum ice cream as a partner to bring to life the Magnum Vegan Dress. As a designer, I have always worked to push the boundaries of design and this collaboration has really allowed us to take this one step further by linking the ingredients of an iconic Magnum Vegan to create a haute couture design. The opportunity to work with the brand on such an innovation in sustainable fashion has been a very special experience."
Cindy, who modeled the Magnum Vegan Dress said, "What an honor to be able to reveal the Magnum Vegan Dress to the world - and to be able to do this at Iris' 15th anniversary show just makes this even more special. Bringing together ice cream and haute couture in such an unexpected and impactful way is so exciting, making this a partnership that I am delighted to be a part of."
Iris Van Herpen AW22 Collection
The Magnum Vegan Dress is part of Iris van Herpen's 15th anniversary collection entitled "Meta Morphism". The collection explores society's embrace and acceptance of a new world of digitalism with the arrival of the Metaverse and how this is becoming an increasingly prevalent part of everyday life. Inspired by Ovid's canonical poem "Metamorphoses", the designer breaks down the lines between reality and digital realms in a futuristic, avant-garde collection designed to inspire and evoke the question of who we are beyond a perceived reality.
Magnum ice cream's Commitment to Sustainable Fashion
Magnum ice cream is always looking to lessen its impact on the world and this partnership with Iris van Herpen marks the brand's first step towards a wider ambition of circularity in the fashion industry.
Magnum ice cream aims to strengthen its long-term commitment to fashion by announcing its intended partnership with the University of Leeds. The brand intends to commission a research project with the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC) in the School of Design to further this commitment and look at how Magnum ice cream can bring to life accessible, sustainable fashion using by-products from its core ingredients. This is part of the brand's long-term commitment of putting sustainability at the heart of the brand and working towards revolutionizing its waste product into a viable, circular solution inspired by its longstanding inspiration from fashion.
Throughout Paris Fashion Week, Magnum ice cream and Iris Van Herpen will be sharing exclusive behind-the-scenes content on TikTok and Instagram, inviting fans to experience the partnership and magic of fashion week virtually from across the globe.
Learn more about the collaboration on the Magnum ice cream global Instagram @magnum and TikTok @magnumicecream. #MagnumVeganDress #MagnumVegan
About Magnum ice cream
Launched in 1989, Magnum ice cream was the first handheld ice cream targeted as a premium adult offering. Today, Magnum ice cream is one of the world's leading ice cream brands, selling over one billion units annually worldwide.
Magnum® ice cream bars is the ultimate chocolate ice cream indulgence, using only the finest premium ingredients like velvety vanilla bean ice cream and are the only ice cream bars made with Belgian chocolate. All Magnum ice creams ― including Magnum Double Ice Cream Bars, Magnum MINI Ice Cream Bars, Magnum Classic Ice Cream Bars, and Magnum Tubs ― source cocoa beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms. For more information, please visit magnumicecream.com/us, facebook.com/MagnumIceCreamUS, twitter.com/MagnumIceCream, and visit our U.S. Instagram channel at instagram.com/MagnumIceCream.
About Iris Van Herpen
At the Maison of Iris van Herpen, Haute Couture is a transformative force that transcends boundaries and unites multi-disciplinary technologies with intricate artisanal craftsmanship. The brand's visionary creations merge pioneering techniques and luxurious materials, often evoking a sense of avant-garde wonder. Whether shaping a dress through electromagnetic weaving or sculpting one from 3D hand-cast transparent leather, the Maison challenges traditional notions of the handmade to create ethereal garments that are radically future-facing and exquisitely feminine. Founded in 2007, the brand showcases its collections bi-annually at the exclusive Paris Haute Couture Week as a member of the Fédération de la Haute Couture. The Maison's ambition to reinvent the métier as the engine of innovation, pushing forward sustainability as second nature and materiality is mirrored in its inter-disciplinary approach to art and fashion. Each collection is a quest to venture beyond today's definition of a garment, exploring new forms of expression for a more meaningful, diverse and conscious fashion for the future.
CONTACT: Kirstie Russell, kirstie.russell@edelman.com
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Former JP Morgan Managing Director joins the Algorand Foundation to engage in the global development and expansion of the Algorand ecosystem
SINGAPORE, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Algorand Foundation, whose mission is to grow the ecosystem of the carbon-negative Layer 1 blockchain invented by Turing Award winner and MIT professor Silvio Micali, Algorand, today announced the appointment of Eric Wragge as Global Head of Business Development and Capital Markets.
Wragge joins the Algorand Foundation after spending over 20 years at JP Morgan, where he most recently served as Managing Director in structured finance and head of Asset Backed Securities for Northern Europe.
Wragge began his journey into blockchain in search of improvements for inefficiencies in the traditional finance space, particularly in the areas of payments, settlement, risk management and financial inclusion. He became fascinated with the possibilities of crypto and blockchain to deliver performance improvements and significant impact in all of these areas.
Wragge will report to the Algorand Foundation's CEO, Staci Warden, and will lead global initiatives and strategic partnerships in traditional capital markets, as well as decentralized finance. Teams working in capital markets solutions, DeFi, capital markets access and integrations, investor relations and office of the chief economist will report to him. Wragge will also chair the Foundation's Investment Committee.
"Eric Wragge has the vision, deep experience and technical chops to deliver significant opportunities for Algorand across financial markets of all kinds," said Warden. He will be transformational for our ability to deliver innovative and disruptive solutions for many of the problems that plague traditional finance today, and I could not be more excited to have him on board."
"Coming from a leading global investment bank, I understand the uncompromising performance requirements for a Layer 1 blockchain to compete against and improve upon many aspects of traditional finance," said Wragge. "Algorand's high transaction throughput, immediate final settlement, sub-penny transaction costs, and minimal carbon footprint all so clearly differentiate Algorand from other chains, that it seems obvious the world ought to be utilizing Algorand as the blockchain platform of choice."
This appointment follows CEO Staci Warden's pledge to expand the leadership team at the Foundation - and follows on the appointments of Matthew Keller as Director of Impact and Inclusion and Shamir Ozery as Head of Web3 earlier this year.
ALGORAND FOUNDATION
The Algorand blockchain — designed by MIT professor and Turing Award winning cryptographer Silvio Micali — is uniquely capable of delivering on the promise of a borderless global economy. It achieves transaction throughputs at the speed of traditional finance, but with immediate finality, near zero transaction costs, and on a 24/7 basis. Its carbon-neutral platform and unique pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism solves for the "blockchain trilemma" by achieving both security and scalability on a decentralized protocol, and without a second of downtime since it went live in 2019.
The Algorand Foundation is dedicated to helping fulfill the global promise of the Algorand blockchain by taking responsibility for its sound monetary supply economics, decentralized governance, and healthy and prosperous open-source ecosystem. For more information, visit https://algorand.foundation
CONTACTS
Prosek Partners, on behalf of Algorand Foundation
pro-algo@prosek.com
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A house fire left four people out of a home overnight on Tuesday in Chesterfield County.
The home in the 15500 block of Twisted Cedar Court was said to have been on fire at 11:57 p.m. on Monday night just before midnight.
The fire was caused due to improperly discarded fireworks, according to Chesterfield Fire Department.
Two adults and two children are out of a home and being assisted by family and friends. The fire was marked under control at 12:47 a.m. and no injuries have been reported, Chesterfield Fire said. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/chesterfield-house-catches-fire-due-to-improperly-discarded-fireworks-4-people-without-home/ | 2022-07-05T14:40:54Z | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/chesterfield-house-catches-fire-due-to-improperly-discarded-fireworks-4-people-without-home/ | true |
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has dismissed rumors he plans to resign anytime soon and says that he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv after traveling to Canada later this month.
Francis also told Reuters in an interview published Monday that the idea “never entered my mind” to announce a planned retirement at the end of the summer, though he repeated he might step down some day as Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI did in 2013.
He revealed that his knee trouble, which has caused him to use a wheelchair for over a month, was caused by a “small fracture” that occurred when he stepped awkwardly while the knee ligament was inflamed.
He said it is “slowly getting better” with laser and magnet therapy.
Francis was due to have visited Congo and South Sudan this week but had to cancel the trip because doctors said he needed more therapy. He said he was on board to travel to Canada July 24-30 and said he hoped to visit Russia and Ukraine sometime thereafter. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/pope-francis-retiring-soon-never-entered-my-mind/ | 2022-07-05T14:41:36Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/pope-francis-retiring-soon-never-entered-my-mind/ | true |
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TeraBox, a cloud storage service, received the Best New Mobile App Silver Award in the Tools and Utilities, and Productivity categories by Best Mobile App Awards.
Offering its users 1TB of free cloud storage, TeraBox caters to a global community of users looking for hassle-free, secure file storage. TeraBox ensures seamless file storage and management to both its normal (free) account users and Premium members, offering the following features:
- Automatically backing up photos and videos from your phone, with online photo preview and video playback
- Providing safe access to any file type on the app
- Easily archiving your files
- Downloading multiple files at the same time in your transfer list
- Enabling users to search for documents by name and keyword
Since 2012, the Best Mobile App Awards program has spotlighted noteworthy apps and app developers. The entries are judged by a panel of expert designers, developers, and publishers for functionality, creativity, productivity, innovation, design, and originality, as well as input from the community via voting.
"This recognition adds to TeraBox's already stellar year," said Olivia Tian, product lead at TeraBox. "From reaching 35M global downloads to our parent company, Flextech Inc., earning its ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification and more, we have so much to celebrate!"
The award-winning cloud storage app has a dedicated team in Japan, which is where its servers are located. Furthermore, TeraBox leverages Amazon Web Service and Google Cloud Platform worldwide to provide high quality service to its global users.
Available for download on Android, iOS, and Windows devices, data can also be accessed online at www.terabox.com.
About TeraBox
TeraBox is an innovative cloud storage app that protects and organizes all the files on a user's device, helping them to quickly back up and navigate photos, important documents, and files with the aid of powerful AI technology. TeraBox enables worldwide users to experience the future of data backup and cloud storage solutions.
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BALTIMORE — A car was set on fire in East Baltimore on July 4.
It happened around 9:20pm in the 700 block of E. 20th Street.
A neighbor provided this video to WMAR-2 showing the car engulfed before firefighters extinguish the flames.
HAPPENING NOW:@BaltimoreFire on scene of a car fire in the 700 blk of E. 20th.
— Dave Detling (@WMARDave) July 5, 2022
No reports of injuries. Cause of fire under investigation.
📹: @WMAR2News viewer pic.twitter.com/0VPrdptK7u
According to our own Dave Detling, no one was injured.
Investigators reportedly zeroed in on a pile of clothes and other items that were found along the sidewalk near the car.
There is no word yet on if detectives have any leads in the case.
Car fire is out.
— Dave Detling (@WMARDave) July 5, 2022
Police & fire investigators looking through pile of clothes/ items on sidewalk near car.
Police also looking at video in area prior to fire.
This is the 700 blk of E. 20th Street.
Neighbors tell @WMAR2News fire started around 9:20. pic.twitter.com/20d3IBVKTT | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/video-shows-car-engulfed-in-flames-on-july-4th-in-baltimore | 2022-07-05T14:42:22Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/video-shows-car-engulfed-in-flames-on-july-4th-in-baltimore | false |
SEOUL, South Korea, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novachips Co., Ltd., an innovator in flash storage solutions, today announced that its Scalar and Express P-series solid-state drive (SSD) products received a Common Criteria (CC) certification by the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), based on US government approved protection profiles for full drive encryption. The certified Express SSDs are the first PCIe/NVMe products to be listed on the NIAP Product Compliant List (PCL), and Scalar SSDs are also the first solid-state drive which is breaking through 10TB capacity in PCL.
The collaborative protection profiles for full drive encryption was developed to provide requirements for Data-at-Rest protection for lost device that may contain confidential data, and these cPPs consist of two components elements, Authorization Acquisition (AA) and Encryption Engine (EE). Novachips' certified products are compliant with both AA and EE elements as the complete full drive encryption solution without any additional component elements.
To achieve CC certification, Novachips had developed all required cryptographic algorithms and security functions based on in-house ASIC controller NVS3800 hardware and firmware without adopting any 3rd party security IP or components. This single controller design architecture allows achieving lower power consumption, helps to increase product reliability, and supports immediate Zeroize service without any delay factor to destroy the key and key materials via specified host commands or external hardware signal input.
Moreover, unlike most other secure solid-state drive products, Novachips Host Key encryption does not depend on a TPM module, TCG, or OPAL to implement security. Instead, Novachips is providing a security command document and a unified simple API which enable the developer or user to target and control the certified SSD modules via various interfaces of SATA, USB, or NVMe. These techniques provide superior and flexible solutions for mission-critical defense projects, as well as for commercial enterprise environments, and have no requirements for installing and testing any new 3rd party software and tools to use a new interface.
"We are pleased to announce our Common Criteria certification on Scalar and Express P-series products," said Daniel Kim Novachips CEO. "These are great achievements in Novachips milestones, in addition to FIPS-140-2 CMVP certification in 2021, and we will keep developing innovative flash storage products for the customers who need best-in-class data storage devices to build more advanced trusted computing system."
"Cybersecurity is becoming a top priority. Each governmental policies and executive orders are urging every government department and defense companies to adopt data encryption to improve cybersecurity," said SJ Yoo, Global Sales Director at Novachips. "Now, by adding Scalar and Express P-series on the NIAP PCL, the customers have a broader range of selection of data storage devices which support larger capacity and higher performance, compared to other previously-certified items."
Pricing and Availability
Certified part number products of Scalar-Series and Express P-series are currently available to ship out to the customers. Please contact sales@novachips.com
About Novachips
Novachips is a leading provider of a broad range of Flash storage processors and storage drives with breakthrough capacity and scalability. Novachips reimagined Flash storage from the inside out and offer the SSD (Solid State Drive) industry's most advanced capabilities with high storage capacity for enterprise, industrial, military, and other mission-critical applications. Novachips products are built upon the company's unique hardware and firmware architecture, which significantly outpaces the scalability, performance, and reliability of SSDs that use NAND Flash. Founded in 2009, Novachips has headquarters in Pangyo, S. Korea, and a sales office in the US.
For more information, please visit www.novachips.com
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- Nuvaxovid™ COVID-19 vaccine is the first protein-based option for adolescents aged 12 through 17 in Europe
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved the expanded conditional marketing authorization (CMA) of Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine in the European Union (EU) for adolescents aged 12 through 17. The approval follows the positive recommendation made by the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on June 23, 2022.
"With this authorization, we are extremely pleased to be able to offer our Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents in the EU," said Stanley C. Erck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novavax. "Our protein-based vaccine was developed using an innovative approach to traditional technology and has demonstrated efficacy and safety in both adolescents and adults."
The authorization was based on data from the ongoing pediatric expansion of PREVENT-19, a pivotal Phase 3 trial of 2,247 adolescents aged 12 through 17 years across 73 sites in the U.S., to evaluate the safety, effectiveness (immunogenicity), and efficacy of Nuvaxovid. In the trial, Nuvaxovid achieved its primary effectiveness endpoint and demonstrated 80% clinical efficacy overall at a time when the Delta variant was the predominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 strain in the U.S.
Preliminary safety data from the trial showed the vaccine to be generally well-tolerated. Serious and severe adverse events were low in number and balanced between vaccine and placebo groups, and not considered related to the vaccine. Local and systemic reactogenicity was generally lower than or similar to adults, after the first and second dose. The most common adverse reactions observed were injection site tenderness/pain, headache, myalgia, fatigue, and malaise. There was no increase in reactogenicity in younger (12 to <15 years old) adolescents compared to older (15 to <18 years old) adolescents. No new safety signal was observed through the placebo-controlled portion of the study.
The EC granted CMA for Nuvaxovid to prevent COVID-19 in individuals aged 18 and over in December 2021. In addition to the EC's expanded CMA, India has granted emergency use authorization in the 12 through 17 year-old population.
Authorization in the U.S.
NVX-CoV2373 has not yet been authorized for use in the U.S. and the trade name Nuvaxovid™ has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Important Safety Information
- Nuvaxovid is contraindicated in persons who have a hypersensitivity to the active substance, or to any of the excipients.
- Events of anaphylaxis have been reported with administration of COVID-19 vaccines. Appropriate medical treatment and supervision should be available in case of an anaphylactic reaction following the administration of the vaccine. Close observation for at least 15 minutes is recommended and a second dose of the vaccine should not be given to those who have experienced anaphylaxis to the first dose of Nuvaxovid.
- Anxiety-related reactions, including vasovagal reactions (syncope), hyperventilation, or stress‐related reactions may occur in association with vaccination as a psychogenic response to the needle injection. It is important that precautions are in place to avoid injury from fainting.
- Vaccination should be postponed in individuals suffering from an acute severe febrile illness or acute infection. The presence of a minor infection and/or low-grade fever should not delay vaccination.
- Nuvaxovid should be given with caution in individuals receiving anticoagulant therapy or those with thrombocytopenia or any coagulation disorder (such as haemophilia) because bleeding or bruising may occur following an intramuscular administration in these individuals.
- The efficacy of Nuvaxovid may be lower in immunosuppressed individuals.
- Administration of Nuvaxovid in pregnancy should only be considered when the potential benefits outweigh any potential risks for the mother and foetus.
- The effects with Nuvaxovid may temporarily affect the ability to drive or use machines.
- Individuals may not be fully protected until seven days after their second dose. As with all vaccines, vaccination with Nuvaxovid may not protect all vaccine recipients.
- The most common adverse reactions observed during clinical studies were headache, nausea or vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, injection site tenderness/pain, fatigue, and malaise.
For additional information on Nuvaxovid, please visit the following websites:
About NVX-CoV2373
NVX-CoV2373 is a protein-based vaccine engineered from the genetic sequence of the first strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. The vaccine was created using Novavax' recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen derived from the coronavirus spike (S) protein and is formulated with Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M™ adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies. NVX-CoV2373 contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19.
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is packaged as a ready-to-use liquid formulation in a vial containing ten doses. The vaccination regimen calls for two 0.5 ml doses (5 mcg antigen and 50 mcg Matrix-M adjuvant) given intramuscularly 21 days apart. The vaccine is stored at 2°- 8° Celsius, enabling the use of existing vaccine supply and cold chain channels. Use of the vaccine should be in accordance with official recommendations.
Novavax has established partnerships for the manufacture, commercialization and distribution of NVX-CoV2373 worldwide. Existing authorizations leverage Novavax' manufacturing partnership with Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume. They will later be supplemented with data from additional manufacturing sites throughout Novavax' global supply chain.
About the NVX-CoV2373 Phase 3 Trials
NVX-CoV2373 continues being evaluated in two pivotal Phase 3 trials.
PREVENT-19 (the PRE-fusion protein subunit Vaccine Efficacy Novavax Trial | COVID-19) is a 2:1 randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of NVX-CoV2373 with Matrix-M adjuvant in 29,960 participants 18 years of age and over in 119 locations in the U.S. and Mexico. The primary endpoint for PREVENT-19 was the first occurrence of PCR-confirmed symptomatic (mild, moderate or severe) COVID-19 with onset at least seven days after the second dose in serologically negative (to SARS-CoV-2) adult participants at baseline. The statistical success criterion included a lower bound of 95% CI >30%. A secondary endpoint was the prevention of PCR-confirmed, symptomatic moderate or severe COVID-19. Both endpoints were assessed at least seven days after the second study vaccination in volunteers who had not been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. In the trial, NVX-CoV2373 achieved 90.4% efficacy overall. It was generally well-tolerated and elicited a robust antibody response after the second dose in both studies. Full results of the trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
The pediatric expansion of PREVENT-19 is a 2:1 randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded trial to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 with Matrix-M adjuvant in 2,247 adolescent participants 12 to 17 years of age in 73 locations in the United States, compared with placebo. In the pediatric trial, NVX-CoV2373 achieved its primary effectiveness endpoint (non-inferiority of the neutralizing antibody response compared to young adult participants 18 through 25 years of age from PREVENT-19) and demonstrated 80% efficacy overall at a time when the Delta variant of concern was the predominant circulating strain in the U.S. Additionally, immune responses were about two-to-three-fold higher in adolescents than in adults against all variants studied.
PREVENT-19 is being conducted with support from the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health at HHS. BARDA is providing up to $1.75 billion under a Department of Defense agreement (# MCDC2011-001).
Additionally, a trial conducted in the U.K. with 14,039 participants aged 18 years and over was designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded study and achieved overall efficacy of 89.7%. The primary endpoint was based on the first occurrence of PCR-confirmed symptomatic (mild, moderate or severe) COVID-19 with onset at least seven days after the second study vaccination in serologically negative (to SARS-CoV-2) adult participants at baseline. Full results of the trial were published in NEJM.
About Matrix-M™ Adjuvant
Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant has demonstrated a potent and well-tolerated effect by stimulating the entry of antigen-presenting cells into the injection site and enhancing antigen presentation in local lymph nodes, boosting immune response.
About Novavax
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The company's proprietary recombinant technology platform harnesses the power and speed of genetic engineering to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles designed to address urgent global health needs. NVX-CoV2373, the company's COVID-19 vaccine, has received conditional authorization from multiple regulatory authorities globally, including the European Commission and the World Health Organization. The vaccine is currently under review by multiple regulatory agencies worldwide and will soon be under review in the U.S. for use in adults, adolescents and as a booster. In addition to its COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax is also currently evaluating a COVID-seasonal influenza combination vaccine candidate in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, which combines NVX-CoV2373 and NanoFlu*, its quadrivalent influenza investigational vaccine candidate, and is also evaluating an Omicron strain-based vaccine (NVX-CoV2515) as well as a bivalent Omicron-based / original strain-based vaccine. These vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax' proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.
For more information, visit www.novavax.com and connect with us on LinkedIn.
*NanoFlu identifies a recombinant hemagglutinin (HA) protein nanoparticle influenza vaccine candidate produced by Novavax. This investigational candidate was evaluated during a controlled phase 3 trial conducted during the 2019-2020 influenza season.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements herein relating to the future of Novavax, its operating plans and prospects, its partnerships, the timing of clinical trial results, the ongoing development of NVX-CoV2373, a COVID-seasonal influenza investigational vaccine candidate, the scope, timing and outcome of future regulatory filings and actions, including Novavax' plans to supplement existing authorizations with data from the additional manufacturing sites in Novavax' global supply chain, additional worldwide authorizations of NVX-CoV2373 for adolescents, the potential impact and reach of Novavax and NVX-CoV2373 in addressing vaccine access, controlling the pandemic and protecting populations, and the efficacy, safety and intended utilization of NVX-CoV2373 are forward-looking statements. Novavax cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, challenges satisfying, alone or together with partners, various safety, efficacy, and product characterization requirements, including those related to process qualification and assay validation, necessary to satisfy applicable regulatory authorities; difficulty obtaining scarce raw materials and supplies; resource constraints, including human capital and manufacturing capacity, on the ability of Novavax to pursue planned regulatory pathways; challenges meeting contractual requirements under agreements with multiple commercial, governmental, and other entities; and those other risk factors identified in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Novavax' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We caution investors not to place considerable reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this press release. You are encouraged to read our filings with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov and www.novavax.com, for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this document, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of the statements. Our business is subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including those referenced above. Investors, potential investors, and others should give careful consideration to these risks and uncertainties.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TeraBox, a cloud storage service, received the Best New Mobile App Silver Award in the Tools and Utilities, and Productivity categories by Best Mobile App Awards.
Offering its users 1TB of free cloud storage, TeraBox caters to a global community of users looking for hassle-free, secure file storage. TeraBox ensures seamless file storage and management to both its normal (free) account users and Premium members, offering the following features:
- Automatically backing up photos and videos from your phone, with online photo preview and video playback
- Providing safe access to any file type on the app
- Easily archiving your files
- Downloading multiple files at the same time in your transfer list
- Enabling users to search for documents by name and keyword
Since 2012, the Best Mobile App Awards program has spotlighted noteworthy apps and app developers. The entries are judged by a panel of expert designers, developers, and publishers for functionality, creativity, productivity, innovation, design, and originality, as well as input from the community via voting.
"This recognition adds to TeraBox's already stellar year," said Olivia Tian, product lead at TeraBox. "From reaching 35M global downloads to our parent company, Flextech Inc., earning its ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification and more, we have so much to celebrate!"
The award-winning cloud storage app has a dedicated team in Japan, which is where its servers are located. Furthermore, TeraBox leverages Amazon Web Service and Google Cloud Platform worldwide to provide high quality service to its global users.
Available for download on Android, iOS, and Windows devices, data can also be accessed online at www.terabox.com.
About TeraBox
TeraBox is an innovative cloud storage app that protects and organizes all the files on a user's device, helping them to quickly back up and navigate photos, important documents, and files with the aid of powerful AI technology. TeraBox enables worldwide users to experience the future of data backup and cloud storage solutions.
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Which vegan snacks are best?
Whether you’ve been fully vegan for years or you’re just trying to cut back on dairy, eggs and meat, finding delicious plant-based snacks is a great place to start. And the good news is that with the rising trend of vegan eating, there are plenty of crunchy, crispy, sweet and savory vegan snacks to try.
Top vegan snacks
Best cheese puffs
Outstanding Foods Outstanding Cheese Balls – Chedda
These crunchy, airy cheese balls are the stuff of childhood nostalgia, without any dairy. They’ll even turn your fingers orange, but you won’t mind as you dive back into the bag for more. Sold by Amazon
Best veggie crisps
Rhythm Organic Cauliflower Bites
You’ll look forward to eating your veggies when they’re as crisp and addicting as these air-dried cauliflower florets. These are lightly seasoned with sea salt, but if you prefer a bolder flavor, opt for the Buffalo Ranch version. Sold by Amazon
Best snack clusters
Clusterbucks Grain-Free Superfood Clusters
The Snickerdoodle flavor of these crunchy buckwheat clusters is subtly sweet and nicely spiced. This is a great healthy snack that will satisfy your sweet tooth without sending you headed for a sugar crash. The clusters are big, but there are always plenty of smaller pieces in the bottom of the bag that make a great yogurt topping. Sold by Amazon
Best vegan trail mix
Toodaloo Trail Mix Variety Pack
The flavor options and ingredients in these unique trail mixes will upset anything you thought a trail mix could be. They’re spicy, sweet, savory and all made from a one-of-a-kind blend of nuts, seeds, dried fruit and functional ingredients such as lion’s mane and rishi for a feel-good, taste-good snack. Sold by Amazon
Best lupini beans snack
Brami Lupini Beans Variety Pack
If you haven’t tried lupini beans, prepare to fall in love. These soft, nutty beans are marinated in mild spices and come packed with plant-based protein. Each little pouch from Brami has just 60 calories and 7 grams of protein. They’re great on their own or as a salad topper. Sold by Amazon
Best vegan yogurt
The Coconut Cult Mangos N’ Cream Probiotic Coconut Yogurt
This dairy-free yogurt is made with minimal ingredients, most of which are organic, and has a wonderfully tangy, almost effervescent texture and rich, satisfying flavor. You only need a few tablespoons to reap the major probiotic benefits of this fermented breakfast or snack. Sold by Amazon
Best vegan superfood popcorn
Azzizah’s Herbal Green Popcorn – Original Savory Cheddar
Don’t let the green color throw you off: all of that seasoning means tons of flavor. This crunchy corn is covered in a spicy blend of nutritional yeast, curry powder, herbs, cayenne, garlic, and of course, spirulina. Spirulina is derived from algae and not only tastes great, but it’s also full of B vitamins, which can be difficult to incorporate into a vegan diet. Sold by Amazon
Best mushroom jerky
Eat the Change Mushroom Jerky Variety Pack
This is plant-based jerky made for meat lovers. It’s tender, chewy and packed with rich umami flavor. Each of the three flavors (Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper, Maple Mustard and Hickory Smokehouse) is delicious as a portable snack great for hiking. Sold by Amazon
Best crackers
Simple Mills Organic Seed Crackers – Everything
These buttery crackers get their rich flavor and crumbly texture from a blend of gluten-free flours, including sunflower, pumpkin and flax seeds, cassava and tapioca. They’re flavored with a classic everything bagel seasoning for a nice garlicky taste that’s great with anything from a slice of vegan cheese to guacamole. Sold by Amazon
Best spicy vegan jerky
Beyond Meat Plant-Based Jerky – Original and Teriyaki Variety Pack
You’ll love all of the flavors of this meaty, savory plant-based jerky from meat alternative giant Beyond Meat. The protein is made from peas and mung beans and is free of soy, gluten and GMO ingredients. Plus, there are a whopping 10 grams of protein per serving. Sold by Amazon
Best crunchy chickpeas
Saffron Road Organic Crunchy Chickpeas – Korean BBQ
These crispy seasoned chickpeas are great on their own or tossed into a salad. For added protein. They come in a range of flavors, including Buffalo, Chipotle, Sea Salt and Korean BBQ, to suit any taste buds. Sold by Amazon
Best potato chips
Popchips Sea Salt Potato Chips
Get your fill of crispy potatoes without a grease overload. These light, airy chips are just as tasty straight from the bag as they are stuffed into a sandwich. Try the barbecue flavor if you like some heat. Sold by Amazon
Best sweet-savory popcorn
LesserEvil Organic Popcorn, Himalayan Sweetness
This light, healthy popcorn is certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and has less fat and more fiber than traditional kettle corn, but all of the sweet-and-savory flavor you crave. If you’re looking for vegan cheesy popcorn, try LesserEvil’s Classic Cheddah. Sold by Amazon
Best vegan queso
This fluffy, smooth cheese-free queso dip is the perfect topping for nachos, tacos and pretty much anything that dips. It has a melty texture that’s great warm or cold, and is flavored with tomatoes, carrots, pepper, and nutritional yeast for a bold, slightly smoky flavor. Sold by Amazon
Best vegan cookie dough
Whoa Dough Edible Cookie Dough Bars Variety Pack
Soft, gooey and with flavors include Brownie Batter, Sugar Sprinkle and Chocolate Chip, it’s hard to beat these cookie dough bars. They’re shelf-stable but hold their soft, chewy texture like homemade dough. Sold by Amazon
Best chocolatey vegan snack
Undercover Quinoa Crisps, Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt
These snacks are made of crispy puffed quinoa cakes coated in rich dark chocolate with a touch of sea salt. Other vegan flavors include dark chocolate and pumpkin spice and dark chocolate with blueberries for extra antioxidants. Sold by Amazon
Best vegan graham crackers
Healing Home Foods Lemon Chia Graham Bites
These cute graham cracker-like bites taste homemade, with a buttery flavor and thick, crunchy texture that’s made for dunking in your favorite plant-based milk. They have a hint of brightness from lemon. Sold by Amazon
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NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisetek, a global leader in advanced IT asset disposition (ITAD), data destruction, technology reuse and manufacturing services, has opened a new facility in Northborough, Massachusetts. The 42,000 sq. ft. facility will provide Wisetek's customers with a suite of IT related services in particular those concerning IT Asset Disposition.
Wisetek aims to grow the business substantially and increase its contribution to the local community. The facility is fully operational and offers bespoke services such as remote employee services, repair, and mobile HDD shredding.
The site will service a number of client organisations throughout the USA, including multinational and nationally based businesses as well as all of Wisetek's private customers who will be able to leverage this facility.
In addition, the Northborough premises will store stock from Wisetek Market, an e-commerce business that gives consumers a channel to buy high quality refurbished equipment from a recognised vendor specialising in technology reuse, without having to pay premium prices for brand new items. Every item listed on Wisetek Market undergoes a rigorous assessment process to determine its suitability, during which the hardware is thoroughly tested. Any existing data on the device is wiped, and the equipment is refurbished as necessary before it is certified to be listed and sold on the site.
It is a key priority for Wisetek to expand its presence in the USA, in order to facilitate its growth in the American market. The company has achieved a milestone of 200 employees in the USA in FY22 and has plans for growth to 300. On a global scale, the company currently employs over 450 people worldwide.
Sean Sheehan, CEO of Wisetek said: "Wisetek is incredibly proud to announce the establishment of this new facility in Massachusetts, which will enable us to grow our presence in the region. This development speaks to the rapid growth of Wisetek and the ITAD sector as a whole, as more and more organisations are realising the importance of implementing fit for purpose processes in this area, in order to ensure security, compliance and sustainability. We look forward to growing Wisetek's business in the USA, as well as continuing to expand internally in the years to come."
"This new facility demonstrates Wisetek's continued investment to address the growing global demand for our services. Wisetek is committed to providing the most comprehensive range of services to the US market and this facility enables us to better support our partners in sustainable resource consumption through the critical reuse, refurbish, and remarketing of IT components."
Eugene McCabe, USA President, Wisetek said: "The establishment of this new facility is a significant achievement for Wisetek in the US, and speaks to the growing demand we are seeing for our services in the region. We look forward to seizing the opportunities that this new facility will afford us to expand our client base and service businesses and organisations operating in different sectors in the US."
Sustainability will be a key priority for Wisetek at its new facility, the company operates a Zero Landfill Policy across all its sites and strives to reduce the level of waste going to landfill. Wisetek has processed a significant number of electronic equipment and parts to date. The company continues to erase and destroy a large number of disk drives and have refurbished or newly manufactured enterprise rack systems.
Since it was established in 2007, Wisetek has grown exponentially and has expanded its international footprint to include facilities in the USA, Ireland, the UK, the Middle East, and Thailand. Wisetek has additional facilities in the USA, including - Austin, Texas; Winchester, Virginia; and Sacramento, California. Wisetek has experienced significant growth recently in its direct-to-consumer e-commerce business, Wisetek Market, through which it sells a range of affordable IT devices.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Simona Halep’s serve was working, her returns were landing, and the points were piling up fast.
That’s a pretty good combination for a player who just advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by winning her 11th straight match at the All England Club but says she is still trying to get back to her best tennis and regain the confidence she lost while injured.
“I worked really hard in the past two, three months. I’m really happy with all that I’ve done,” said Halep, who won the Wimbledon championship in 2019 but missed defending her title last year because of a left calf injury. “I got the confidence. I really feel this is my game. I’m pushing myself to do it as much as possible. I want to improve still.”
It’ll be tough to improve on Monday’s display on Centre Court.
The 16th-seeded Halep advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the fifth time by beating fourth-seeded Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-2. She lost only eight points on her serve and saved the only break point she faced. On the other side of the ball, the Romanian won 30 of the 55 points served by Badosa.
“I was just missing,” Badosa said. “Some days it goes in the line. And some days, like today, all of them go out.”
Halep’s next opponent will be Amanda Anisimova. The 20th-seeded American finally ended the debut run of Harmony Tan, a French player who eliminated Serena Williams in the first round, by winning 6-2, 6-3.
Also Monday, Ajla Tomljanovic beat Alize Cornet 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and will next face Elena Rybakina. The 17th-seeded Rybakina defeated Petra Martic 7-5, 6-3.
Halep is the only former Grand Slam champion left in the women’s tournament. In April, she started working with PatrickMouratoglou, the former coach of Williams.
Halep injured her calf more than a year ago, forcing her to withdraw from the French Open and Wimbledon. She would have been the defending champion at the grass-court Grand Slam last year because the 2020 tournament was canceled amid the pandemic.
The 30-year-old Halep has said the injury made her consider retirement. There doesn’t seem to be any thought of that now.
“It means a lot that I’m back in a quarterfinals after I struggled so much with injuries and self-confidence,” Halep said. “But, as I said, I’m working hard every day. I feel like if I do that, I will get better. Actually I’m really happy with the way I’m playing. I’m really confident. It’s a pleasure to be on court.”
With third-seeded Ons Jabeur in the other half of the draw, Halep is favored to get back into the final.
First, though, she has to get past Anisimova — the last American in the tournament.
“I’m sure that I can play good tennis again. But it’s going to be a big challenge,” Halep said of her next match. “It’s quarterfinals at Wimbledon. I’m ready for it and I’m looking forward for it.”
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Ulike's leading Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) hair removal gadget boasts Sapphire ice-cooling technology for painless and permanent beauty salon quality results in just four weeks
LONDON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ulike, a leading hair removal brand, today announced its official launch into the US, bringing its portfolio of next generation Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) hair removal devices to US consumers. Equipped with a medical grade diamond sapphire ice-cooling hair removal technology, the Ulike Sapphire Air Series, including the Air+ and Air, is now exclusively available to purchase online from Amazon and Ulike's official website.
"As pioneers in the beauty industry, our goal from day one has been to solve the common frustrations associated with at-home hair removal," said Mr. Pan, General Manager of Ulike. "Ulike is the first brand to make professional ice-cooling hair removal technology available for home use and we're thrilled to be bringing our innovative technology to the US market, offering customers a luxurious, pain-free and cost-effective hair removal experience."
Introducing the Ulike Sapphire Air Series; Delivering a Beauty Salon Experience at Home
The Ulike Sapphire Air Series delivers next generation IPL hair removal technology, a trusted technology used by professional clinics to banish hair at the root. IPL technology uses multi-spectrum lights, and converts light energy to heat energy, which destroys the nutrient supply of the dermal papilla and hair follicles, permanently reducing hair regrowth over time to bring users silky smooth, hair free skin, without the hefty price tag.
With Ulike's patented medical grade Sapphire ice-cooling technology, heat output from the device is reduced, cooling skin to protect it from injuries. With traditional hair removal devices, the temperature of light can reach 158℉-212℉. Thanks to Ulike's Sapphire Ice-cooling technology, skin is cooled to 50℉-104℉, effectively avoiding burning and heat injuries caused by high temperatures and ensuring each treatment is painless and safe.
Designed with a flat head and different Sapphire gradings depending on the model, the Ulike Sapphire Air Series can be easily pressed onto skin, boosting effectiveness and targeting unwanted hair more efficiently, without causing irritation or pain. Satisfying the needs of different hair and skin types, the Ulike Sapphire Air Series has up to five energy levels, suitable for use on the face, underarms, bikini line, arms and legs, perfectly delivering a cool and comfortable IPL treatment, with professional results in just four weeks.
Fusing technology and art, the Ulike Sapphire Air Series features an elegant, ergonomic shape and weighs just 284g, perfectly fitting in users' hands for a simple and seamless experience. Available in Dark Green, Light Green and White, the Ulike Sapphire Air Series is sleek, stylish and portable, allowing users to enjoy discrete and convenient hair removal anytime at home, or even on holiday.
Bringing the Best-Selling Hair Removal Brand to the US
Founded in 2013, Ulike has quickly amassed a cult following and is now one of the most popular depilator brands in the world, helping over three million beauty fans ditch the razor for good and achieve silky smooth, hair-free skin.
With two global R&D centers, Ulike is laser-focused on developing safe skincare treatments, with innovative technology and cosmetic patents to enable users to achieve high-end, salon quality results at home.
Sapphire ice-cooling hair removal technology is widely used in large salons, and Ulike is the first brand to make this technology available for home use. Ulike's products are all FDA approved, promising safety and high standards.
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Celebrating the biggest shopping event of the year, Ulike announced it will be slashing $80 the Ulike Sapphire Air Series. From the 12th -13th July, the Ulike Air+ Dark Green will be available for $289 (RRP: $369) and the Ulike Air+ Light Green will be available for $269 (RRP: $349), bringing massive savings to help global users ditch the razor for good and achieve silky smooth, hair-free skin.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — One of the leading authorities on burgers has released a list of the 50 best burgers in the country, and one selection is making the Hoosier State proud.
Thrillist is known for reviewing and tracking the best restaurants in everything from pizza to barbecue to fine dining.
Its latest mouthwatering list is devoted to the “50 Top-Notch American Burger Spots You Need to Try Right Now.”
Not every state is represented in the list, so Indiana’s inclusion was not a given.
That’s why Hoosiers are so happy to see Triple XXX in West Lafayette make the list.
“The surprisingly family-friendly Triple XXX, has a robust lineup of burgers made from house-ground sirloin,” writes Thrillist.
Located in West Lafayette’s Chauncey Village, an area just steps from Purdue University, the drive-in restaurant has been serving up burgers named after Boiler sports legends since 1929.
Perhaps the most famous (or most infamous) is the Duane Purvis All-American named after Purdue running back Duane Purvis. It comes with the standard lettuce, pickle, onion and tomato but its pièce de résistance is a dollop of creamy peanut butter.
A “safer” option is the Bernie Flowers that comes laden with Miracle Whip.
Triple XXX is also known for its house recipe root beer.
California is the state with the most restaurants on the list with nine.
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The platform increases developer velocity when building distributed applications, supporting devs from their local environments to production
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Helios, the platform for developers building cloud-native applications, announced today $5M funding to make it easier to understand, troubleshoot, and test distributed systems during development. The seed round was co-led by Entrée Capital and Amiti VC. A number of angel investors also joined, including Benny Schnaider, Guy Podjarny (co-founder of Snyk), Adi Sharabani and Yair Amit (co-founders of Skycure) and Guy Fighel (GM at New Relic). The company also announced the launch of a new free tier for their platform.
Modern cloud apps consist of dozens or hundreds of microservices, cloud components and third-party APIs; a single initial request can hit hundreds of different services as it branches out throughout the application. That makes it hard for developers to fully understand their code and how it interacts with the system as a whole, in their local development environment and through testing to production. These friction points slow down the whole development process, lead to buggy code, and end up frustrating the developers.
"As applications and companies grow, development slows down because it's harder and harder to understand how one small change might affect the system," said Ran Nozik, co-founder and CTO of Helios. "A small change or bug in a microservice or API can ripple out through a distributed app; perhaps twenty microservices later the change causes an error, or data is silently lost. Devs spend more and more time troubleshooting and less time on what they want to be doing — creating new features."
As companies and apps grow and become more complex, codebases and developer teams expand and these challenges become more acute. To observe distributed applications in production, DevOps practitioners use advanced monitoring platforms. Developers, though, have been left behind, missing out on new tooling for a world of cloud-native apps.
Helios is the first developer platform built specifically for cloud-native application development. Helios breaks down the silos inherent in microservice architectures, giving developers a full understanding of how their code interacts with the distributed app as a whole so they can build, troubleshoot and test more easily, significantly increasing development velocity. Using the power of OpenTelemetry to provide distributed tracing combined with other data sources, Helios enables Dev teams to easily track how a request flows through their application and gives them the context they need to quickly resolve issues. The platform can automatically 'replay' inputs at any point in the application flow, allowing developers to reproduce issues with ease. With actionable insights and collaboration tools, Helios makes developers happier, allowing them to communicate and cooperate as they modify different parts of the app.
Helios was founded by Eli Cohen and Ran Nozik, old friends who've worked closely together over the last two decades, gaining engineering and product experience at successful tech companies. The company today has 15 employees and is working with dozens of early customers.
"Growing tech companies often grapple with scaling their cloud-native architecture," says Eran Bielski, General Partner at Entrée Capital. "Companies want to focus on building a successful business, but often the day-to-day work of developers is full of friction that slows down progress. Helios' focus on both developer velocity and productivity is exactly what the market needs, and I have little doubt that every software development company in the world will soon be using such a tool."
Eli Cohen, co-founder and CEO of Helios, said "We built Helios to give developers the cloud-native dev platform we wish we'd had ourselves. Helios gives the right data with the right context at the right time, throughout the entire development lifecycle, streamlining activities from design and collaboration to troubleshooting and testing. The best feedback we get from our customers is that Helios makes their developers happier and helps them build better together."
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Completion of the merger of Deezer with and into I2PO
I2PO is renamed and becomes Deezer
PARIS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deezer (ISIN: FR001400AYG6) – (Mnemonic: DEEZR), the second largest independent music streaming platform in the world1, present in over 180 countries, is today listing on the Professional Segment (Compartiment Professionnel) of the regulated market of Euronext Paris.
As one of the earliest French unicorns and member of France's Next40 index, Deezer is a pioneer of innovation in the music streaming industry. It has developed a scalable and differentiated global platform, supported by its state-of-the-art product and successful hybrid B2B/B2C business model. Through its business combination with I2PO and subsequent listing on Euronext Paris, Deezer intends to continue to grow, directing its efforts towards large attractive markets through its partnership-first strategy and focusing on product innovation and brand differentiation as the home of music, connecting fans and artists around the world.
With this transaction, Deezer received €143 million of new money, coming from the cash held by I2PO and from the cash raised through a PIPE, which was subscribed by most of the existing shareholders of Deezer, including Access Industries, UMG, Warner Music, Orange, Kingdom Holding, Eurazeo and Xavier Niel, as well as a selected group of long-term French and international investors, including Groupe Artémis, Bpifrance, and Média Participations. These funds will allow it to fund its next stage of growth.
Jeronimo Folgueira, Chief Executive Officer of Deezer declared: "Deezer's IPO on Euronext Paris is a milestone in the company's history. We are now taking the first steps on a new and exciting journey to develop, expand and capture an even bigger part of the growing music streaming market. Through merging with I2PO and going public, we have created a solid foundation to execute our strategic plan, with the right capital, expertise, and network. With a highly competitive product, a clear strategy, and a renewed and experienced management team, we will make the most of this opportunity to create substantial shareholder value. We are honored to join the Euronext Tech Leaders segment and to be ranked among the greatest tech companies in Europe."
Guillaume d'Hauteville, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deezer declared: "Today's IPO will not only bring additional capital to fund Deezer's development but also allow for shareholders not operating in private markets to support and invest alongside current shareholders. With those additional financial resources, Deezer, while keeping its capital efficiency intends to accelerate its innovation leadership and focus on delivering the best streaming product to our clients and partners. Deezer's unique positioning as an independent innovator promoting third party audio content and music in an expanding market make us very optimistic for its future."
Iris Knobloch, Vice-Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Deezer declared: "We launched I2PO, the first European SPAC dedicated to entertainment and leisure, with the ambition to take a European champion to new heights. In Deezer, we have found the ideal combination as its new management team has positioned the company extremely well to capture a significant share in the booming music streaming growth with its well-established brand, outstanding tech capabilities, and scalable platform.
While Deezer enters a hugely exciting expansion phase and its listing is a formidable achievement, today also marks the beginning of a new phase of profitable growth paired with a focus on delivering long-term shareholder value as a publicly traded company."
The I2PO Board of Directors' meeting held today:
- acknowledged the completion of the capital increase decided by I2PO's shareholders' meeting of June 30, 2022 for a total amount (issuance premium included) of €119 million reserved to certain identified investors including Groupe Artémis, one of I2PO's founders, most of the existing shareholders of Deezer and in particular, Access Industries, UMG, Warner Music, Orange, Kingdom Holding, Eurazeo, and Xavier Niel, as well as a selected group of long-term French and international investors including Bpifrance and Média-Participations (the "PIPE");
- acknowledged the completion of the other conditions precedent provided for by the merger agreement entered into I2PO and Deezer on May 24, 2022;
- acknowledged the completion of the merger of Deezer with and into I2PO;
- acknowledged the modification of the governance of I2PO and in particular the appointment of Guillaume d'Hauteville, Jeronimo Folgueira, Hans-Holger Albrecht, Amanda Cameron, Sophie Guiyesse, Valérie Accary and Mari Thjømøe;
- acknowledged the change of name of I2PO into Deezer;
- decided the appointment of Jeronimo Folgueira as Chief Executive Office of I2PO (renamed Deezer) in replacement of Iris Knobloch;
- decided the appointment of Guillaume d'Hauteville as new Chairman of the Board of Directors and the appointment of Iris Knobloch as new Vice-Chairwoman of the Board of Directors;
- reminded that Deezer will redeem, no later than August 4, 2022, the class B preferred shares held by the shareholders having informed the company of his/her/its willingness to have his/her/its class B preferred shares redeemed at a redemption price of €10.00 per class B preferred shares in accordance with its by-laws.
As from today, I2PO will encompass the activities and business of Deezer.
ABOUT DEEZER
Deezer is one of the largest independent music streaming platforms in the world, with more than 90 million tracks available in 180 countries, providing access to lossless HiFi audio, innovative recommendation technology and industry defining features. As the home of music, Deezer brings artists and fans together on a scalable and global platform, to unlock the full potential of music through technology. Founded in 2007 in Paris, Deezer is now a global company with a team of over 600 people based in France, Germany, UK, Brazil and the US, all brought together by their passion for music, technology and innovation. Deezer is listed on the Professional Segment of Euronext Paris (Ticker: DEEZR. ISIN: FR001400AYG6) and is also part of the newly created Euronext Tech Leaders segment, dedicated to European high-growth tech companies, and its associated index.
Important notice
This press release is provided for information purposes only. It does not constitute and should not be deemed to constitute an offer to the public of securities by Deezer, nor a solicitation of the public relating to an offer of any kind whatsoever in any country, including France, other member countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States of America or Canada. The distribution of this press release may be subject to legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions, including the one listed above. Any person who comes into possession of this press release must inform him or herself of and comply with any such restrictions.
In particular, this press release and the information it contains does not, and will not, constitute an offer to the public to subscribe for or sell, nor the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy, Deezer securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, it being specified that the Deezer securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Deezer does not intend to register securities or conduct an offer to the public in the United States.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Deezer group and its business. There can be no assurance that the estimates contained in such forward-looking statements will be verified, which estimates are subject to numerous risks including the risks set forth in the prospectus issued by Deezer in the context of the PIPE (a copy of which is available free of charge on Deezer's website – www.deezer.com).
1 Based on latest reported number of subscribers published by MIDiA (as of June 2021); excludes non-independent players being part of larger conglomerates (Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Tencent Music and NetEase Music).
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NAZARETH, Pa., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Northeast's custom kitchen remodeling company, Kitchen Magic, outlines the combinations homeowners are choosing and the many reasons why a customized hybrid kitchen is the perfect solution for their next home remodeling project.
Today hybrids are everywhere, from hybrid automobiles, trucks, and bicycles, to plants, puppies, people, and sports. Indeed, hybrids combine the best of two or three elements.
Essentially a hybrid kitchen is a design plan that combines both refacing and custom cabinetry. Refacing saves substantially on budget, allowing you to reinvest in other features and upgrades. Additional custom cabinetry or a new island creates valuable additional storage space and that visual change homeowners often want.
The new cabinetry added into a hybrid kitchen remodel will perfectly match the refaced, existing cabinet boxes.
The result is a highly personalized and transformative kitchen design.
This hybrid approach improves the aesthetics and function of a kitchen, while also increasing the property value should you decide to sell down the road.
The 2022 cost vs. value report says that a minor kitchen remodel will return 74.7% of the investment
A hybrid kitchen can include any type of custom-built cabinets, a desk, or a customized display case that match the refacing cabinets for a unified space.
Our design consultants often propose creative ideas for storage solutions, addressing issues you may not have even known you had. A good example of that might be creating a designated storage space for dry goods, spices, cooking essentials, and other everyday items. All of these improvements go a long way in helping you stay organized.
Hybrid kitchens are a top trend in Kitchen Magic kitchens, and most homeowners utilize a hybrid design model to one degree or another.
Designers do not see that trend slowing since the outcome is a custom solution for every customer. Even with the pandemic in the rear-view mirror, many homeowners still have enhanced storage on their wish lists.
Adding a custom kitchen island instead of a peninsula is more conducive to gatherings. Homeowners with older homes often bid adieu to their kitchen peninsula, as the U-shape is a configuration that tends to "trap" people into a particular prep or dining area.
Instead, allow your kitchen design team to create a kitchen island for increased workflow. A kitchen island is also a user-friendly layout for dining and social gatherings.
Stock up and add a bank of cabinets, a buffet, a credenza, or a pantry. Copious storage is more critical than ever as remote work and more time at home have become permanent for many. A top request of homeowners is additional storage for dry goods, small appliances, and cooking equipment allowing them to keep stocked up and maintain a high-functioning kitchen.
An empty corner can become that creates a personalized focal point for your new kitchen design. Imagine a coffee station, device charging zone, bar area or even a display case as an empty corner becomes your 'statement' corner.
A built-in desk offers a welcome addition to working and learning at home. On those days you can avoid the commute and stay just as functional with an additional work-from-home zone. Reface the existing cabinets and add a custom deck that suits your home office needs.
A hybrid kitchen design allows you to claim extra space and even double your existing space with smart storage solutions, Whether you plan to add a pantry, credenza, or a mudroom with cabinets, the sky's the limit with the help of the skilled craftspeople and designers at Kitchen Magic.
Up your design game with glass-front cabinets flanked by new pantry cabinets to increase storage and still showcase your new finds. Mix and match colors and textures for a unique design. A woodgrain display cabinet or island can add flair when paired with a white kitchen for a beautiful timeless look.
At Kitchen Magic, our signature refacing consists of premium North American lumber and solid veneers that set the tone for a quality, functional design. Our custom cabinetry is all USA Made, hand crafted in our factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
To explore how you can transform the way your kitchen looks and functions with a free in-home design consultation. It's fun, informative, and completely free! Give us a call at 866.437.6147, or click here to schedule your free design consultation with us today!
Linda Fennessy
Public Relations Manager
Kitchen Magic
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RALEIGH, N.C., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Century Spirits, a growing brand company at the forefront of spirits innovation that launches unique products using their proprietary blending and filtration techniques, today announced the appointment of Rob Mason and Anthony Moniello as Co-Chief Executive Officers and Jenny Gates as EVP of Finance and Strategy.
Appointment of Co-Chief Executive Officers
As of July 1st, Rob Mason will have primary responsibility for NCS Operations, R&D, Beverage Development and International Expansion while Anthony Moniello will have primary responsibility for all domestic Sales, Marketing and Business Development. Jointly, they will have responsibility for company strategic development, planning and reporting.
"During their time at NCS, Rob and Anthony have demonstrated clear leadership skills and have added significant expertise to our company's operations," said Chairman of the Board, Matthew Bronfman. "They have worked effectively and cooperatively together and have gained a clear understanding of NCS's potential and position in the Spirits marketplace." Chairman Bronfman continued: "We are very pleased with the development of NCS's business to date and believe that Rob and Anthony are prepared to take our company to the next level of success!"
"We are excited about the long-term growth potential and continued innovation opportunities at Next Century Spirits," said Mason. "Anthony and I are committed to maximizing value today and far into the future." Moniello added, "With so many amazing projects in the pipeline and impactful brands like Caddy Cocktails, Creek Water Whiskey and Bear Fight American Single Malt Whiskey already in the market, I couldn't be more proud of what we are building. It is just a bonus to be able to lead in tandem with such a great partner like Rob."
Jenny Gates Appointed EVP - Finance and Corporate Strategy
In conjunction with Anthony and Rob's promotion to Co-CEO, Jenny Gates has been promoted to Executive Vice President—Finance and Corporate Strategy.
Ron Bernstein, Director, states, "Jenny has done an excellent job and has been instrumental in our diversification from a B2B product focus to a B2C brand portfolio." Bernstein continues, "Jenny has been extremely effective in industry outreach, raising the profile of Next Century Spirits while seeking out strategic partners in every facet of the business."
"I'm excited to take on an expanded role at NCS and help sharpen our focus," said Gates. "We have significant momentum, great partners with our current brand portfolio, and we look forward to using that momentum to drive growth strategically."
Chairman Bronfman states "On behalf of the Board of Directors, we thank Founding Director, and former CEO, Scott Bolin for his vision and many contributions that have allowed NCS to successfully develop to its current state of opportunity. Additionally, we are pleased that Scott will serve as a consultant to the company in the coming months."
About Rob Mason
Rob joined NCS in April of 2021 and has served as Chief Operating Officer since then. Prior to joining NCS, he had 17 years of combined industry experience with Diageo and Beam Suntory where he served in a leadership capacity across the Beam Suntory whiskey portfolio. Rob began his career at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati and Geneva, Switzerland before earning an MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
About Anthony Moniello
Anthony also joined NCS in April 2021 when he was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of NCS and Chief Executive Officer of Creek Water Whiskey. Prior to joining NCS, Anthony spent nine years in various leadership positions at Diageo, including management responsibility for their Gin, Rum and Tequila segments. Prior to Diageo, Anthony owned and led a consulting firm for the service industry, High Life Entertainment & Marketing, serving as its CEO and President for 9+ years.
About Jenny Gates
Jenny also joined NCS in April 2021 and has served as Chief Strategy Officer since then. Prior to joining NCS, Jenny spent eight years with Pernod Ricard USA where she served in a variety of leadership positions, including as Vice President, Project Management and Strategy. Prior to joining Pernod, Jenny served in several finance related positions, including with Deloitte Consulting and UBS Investment Bank.
About Next Century Spirits
Next Century spirits creates unique brands that resonate with consumers' varied occasions and lifestyles. Using proprietary blending and filtration techniques, NCS develops differentiated products to toast every moment (small or large) worth celebrating! Whether it's through their own brands or through collaborations with notable partners, Next Century Spirits is a leader at the forefront of spirits innovation.
To learn more about our services and more, please visit https://nextcenturyspirits.com/ and or check us out on Instagram or Facebook.
Communications Contact
Taylor Foxman – Next Century Spirits
taylor@theindustrycollective.org
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Residents to receive discounts for AutoPay enrollment
HOUSTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Venterra Realty, owner and operator of more than 20,000 apartment units across 16 US cities, recently announced that it has launched AutoPay Discount, making it one of the first Multi-family companies to reward renters by enrolling in an automatic payment program.
Venterra's AutoPay system streamlines the payment process and offers residents flexibility and options for various forms of payment within the program. The goal of this program is to reward renters for opting into Venterra's AutoPay which was designed to purposefully simplify and improve the payment process by eliminating the hassle of logging into a pay portal or visiting the office to pay rent monthly.
By enrolling in AutoPay, Venterra's more than 38,000 residents will be rewarded and will obtain a $20 monthly credit, allowing for a $240 annual savings. During a time when inflation is estimated to be at a 40-year high, this is a significant relief.
Through AutoPay, residents can digitally pay their rent, saving valuable time, and ensuring their rent is paid on time each month. Residents who choose to enroll can set a limit or choose a variable amount and select whether they would prefer AutoPay to automatically withdraw funds from either a checking account or credit card.
"We are thrilled to announce the launch of the AutoPay Discount to our residents. Through this innovative initiative, our hope is that our residents will experience an improved payment process, allowing for less time spent worrying about providing payment and more time enjoying our communities," said Venterra CEO John Foresi. "Our residents are our top priority, and it is part of our innovative spirit to continually look for ways to improve and enhance the renter experience. Paying rent should not be a hassle, and we are excited to see how AutoPay can continue to simplify the payment process, while also rewarding the loyal residents who choose to enroll," added Venterra Chairman, Andrew Stewart.
About Venterra:
Founded in 2001, Venterra Realty owns and manages 70 communities and more than 20,000 apartment units across 16 US cities that provide housing to over 38,000 people and 12,000 pets. The organization has completed approximately $8.0 billion in real estate transactions and currently manages a portfolio of multi-family real estate assets valued at approximately $4.0 billion. Venterra is committed to improving the lives of its residents by delivering industry-leading customer experience. Find out more about Venterra Realty and its award-winning company culture at Venterra.com.
Contact: Allie Foard, Communications Manager & Brand Specialist
Venterramedia@venterraliving.com
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Industry-leading customer support for ftwilliam.com recognized as winner in the Customer Service and Success Team of the Year category
NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today announced that ftwilliam.com's (FTW) outstanding customer service has earned a gold Globee Award in the 7th Annual 2022 American Best in Business Awards.
ftwilliam.com is a leading provider of software and services to retirement plan service providers, which offers modern, cloud-based employee benefits software, including retirement plan documents, government forms, compliance testing, and reporting and distribution tracking. FTW is the market leader in Form 5500 software based on DOL/5500 filings. FTW's customers include eight of the ten largest retirement plan administration firms and seven of the top ten accounting firms in the US.
ftwilliam.com's industry-leading customer support differentiates it from competitors in the market and is the major reason for FTW's high NPS (Net Promoter Score). Other key differentiators for FTW relative to its competitors are: 100% SaaS; easy-to-use and intuitive software; and full integration between modules leading to greater efficiency and profitability for retirement plan service providers. All customer support team members have professional industry credentials from retirement plan industry associations, and their proven retirement plan expertise is another reason for FTW's high customer satisfaction and retention rates.
"Our customer support team is the reason behind FTW's continued success, and we are honored they were recognized for a Globee," said Rocco Impreveduto, Vice President of Transactional, Retirement and eCommerce at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. "As we continue scaling our expert solutions, FTW's customer support team will remain committed to providing top-notch support and expert assistance to our customers."
The American Best in Business Awards are open to all organizations with at least one or more offices in the United States of America. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. – large to small and startups, government, public and private, for-profit, and non-profit – are eligible to submit nominations to the American Best in Business Awards in a wide range of categories honoring achievement in every aspect of business + work life. More than 70 judges from a wide spectrum of industry experts participated in the judging process.
See the complete list of 2022 winners here: https://globeeawards.com/american-business-awards/winners/
About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
Wolters Kluwer (WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk, and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
Wolters Kluwer reported 2021 annual revenues of €4.8 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,800 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
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Linda Gharib
Director, Brand & Communications
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
Tel: +1 (646) 887-7962
Email: lrusmedia@wolterskluwer.com
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Friday, Aug. 5
Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal, 3 p.m.
England Championship
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Friday, July 29
Huddersfield vs. Burnley, 3 p.m.
England League One
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Saturday, July 30
Accrington Stanley vs. Charlton, 10 a.m.
Bristol Rovers vs. Forest Green, 10 a.m.
Cambridge United vs. Milton Keynes Dons, 10 a.m.
Cheltenham vs. Peterborough, 10 a.m.
Derby vs. Oxford United, 10 a.m.
Ipswich vs. Bolton, 10 a.m.
Lincoln vs. Exeter, 10 a.m.
Morecambe vs. Shrewsbury, 10 a.m.
Plymouth vs. Barnsley, 10 a.m.
Port Vale vs. Fleetwood Town, 10 a.m.
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Portsmouth, 10 a.m.
Wycombe vs. Burton Albion, 10 a.m.
England League Two
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Saturday, July 30
AFC Wimbledon vs. Gillingham, 10 a.m.
Bradford vs. Doncaster, 10 a.m.
Carlisle vs. Crawley Town, 10 a.m.
Harrogate Town vs. Swindon, 10 a.m.
Leyton Orient vs. Grimsby Town, 10 a.m.
Northampton vs. Colchester, 10 a.m.
Rochdale vs. Crewe, 10 a.m.
Salford vs. Mansfield Town, 10 a.m.
Stockport County vs. Barrow, 10 a.m.
Sutton United vs. Newport County, 10 a.m.
Tranmere vs. Stevenage, 10 a.m.
Walsall vs. Hartlepool, 10 a.m. | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/English-Standings-17284894.php | 2022-07-05T14:58:28Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/English-Standings-17284894.php | false |
BEIJING, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality announced today it has signed a hotel management agreement with Shanghai West Bund Development (Group) Co., Ltd. to bring the famous MGM brand to Shanghai West Bund, the high-quality CAZ (Central Activity Zone) that carries the core functions of global cities. As part of the agreement, MGM will provide the full range of its signature artistic and entertainment experiences, as well as its luxury hospitality capabilities to one of the city's most famous international cultural landmarks.
Benefitting from MGM's global leadership in defining entertainment culture, MGM Shanghai West Bund is expected to attract luxury travelers and locals alike with its combination of eye-catching design, illustrious dining options and award-wining spa facilities. The venue will also form the backdrop for a dazzling array of Vegas-inspired entertainment programs – from live performances by famous artists, to exhibitions of globally influential artwork. All attractions will be delivered with MGM's signature guest service, best summed up by the group's "SHOW" acronym, which stands for "Smile and greet the guest," "Hear the guest's story," "Own the experience" and "Wow the guest."
"We're honored that the MGM brand and our China joint venture, Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality, were selected by West Bund Group to operate this premium property in such an iconic zone. I admire the Group's vision to develop the largest art zone in Asia and ultimately to help the city transform into an internationally celebrated capital of culture and arts," said Bill Hornbuckle, CEO and President of MGM Resorts International. "We will leverage our extensive experience and capabilities in entertainment management, art, exhibitions and sports to help MGM Shanghai West Bund deliver the energetic and exciting atmosphere that MGM is known for around the world," he added.
MGM Shanghai West Bund will feature 161 stylish guest rooms and 58 suites, along with an Italian restaurant with its own authentic pizza oven and a curated menu fusing traditional dishes with a modern twist. The hotel's Chinese fine dining restaurant will showcase a range of storied Diaoyutai cuisines, while a rooftop bar will provide stunning river views accompanied by live music. The hotel's spa – one of the biggest in Shanghai – takes its inspiration from its sister operation in Macau, which was famously awarded five stars by Forbes.
"We are delighted to celebrate the signing of MGM Shanghai West Bund with West Bund Group," said Fred Zhou, President and Director of Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality. "This is our first MGM city hotel to be opened in mainland China and our second time to hit the market in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in all of China. This pivotal signing highlights our commitment to expand our portfolio and we are confident that MGM Shanghai West Bund will be the most energetic art and entertainment destination in the city," he added.
Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality currently operates five hotels and three branded residences under various brands of Diaoyutai, MGM, Bellagio by MGM, Mhub by MGM and Diaoyutai MGM Residences in strategic locations throughout China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Sanya and Haikou. With even more landmark hotels set to open soon in Qingdao, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shanghai, Wuhan and other cities, the signing will further solidify the company's footprint across China.
ABOUT DIAOYUTAI MGM HOSPITALITY
Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality, the joint venture between Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and MGM Resorts International, is a high-end hotel management platform focusing on the development of luxury hotels and resorts, residences, and entertainment experiences, bringing a shared culture of hospitality inherited from the parent company brands to the worldwide stage. With its credo of "Combine to Innovate", Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality is committed to creating a new style of travel and living by combining greatness of the world, aiming to become the world leading travel and living experience group. At present, there are six hotel brands under the umbrella of Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality - Diaoyutai, MGM, Bellagio by MGM, Mirage by MGM, Mhub by MGM and mx by MGM, as well as one residence brand - Diaoyutai MGM Residences. Till now, MGM Grand Sanya in the center of Yalong Bay (2011), Diaoyutai Boutique Hotel Chengdu in Kuanzhai Alley (2014), Diaoyutai Hotel Hangzhou by the Qianjiang River (2016), Bellagio Shanghai on the North Bund (2018) and Mhub by MGM Nanjing Jiangning at the foot of Fangshan Mountain (2021) have been officially opened. Meanwhile, a number of pipeline hotel projects are undergoing in Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Wuhan, etc. Diaoyutai MGM Hospitality also has several Diaoyutai MGM Residences in gateway cities like Beijing, Hangzhou and Sanya.
For more information, please visit group website: www.dytmgm.com
ABOUT MGM BRAND
Originated from Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the United States, MGM brand belongs to the global entertainment empire MGM Resorts International. Inheriting the century-old legend, MGM believes entertainment is a fundamental human need. Bringing together complementary entertainment and hospitality experiences in a seamless way, MGM orchestrates arts, recreations, cuisine, and spectacles to create a tapestry of energetic, upbeat experiences to deliver on and above the expectations of the passionate connoisseurs. Each MGM hotel is the city's epicenter of energy and enjoyment. At present, MGM hotels are located in many cities around the world, including Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Macau China, Sanya, etc. Meanwhile, more MGM hotels in Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Osaka and Dubai will open in the coming years.
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